Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Beacon, NY Crime Grade
How Beacon grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New York — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
5/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Beacon, NY was 96.5 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 15,544). That puts Beacon 70% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 79% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Beacon #1,097 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #64 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Beacon, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New York Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 96.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,097 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #64 of 140
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 15,544
- Reporting agency
- Beacon Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beacon Police Department (FBI ORI NY0130100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beacon, NY
Also known as
- Mattewan
- Fishkill
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Beacon (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beacon vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 100.4(14) | 138.4(19) | 89.0(13) | 111.4(17) | 96.5(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(1) | 6.4(1) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 14.6(2) | 20.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 12.9(2) |
| Robbery | 14.3(2) | 14.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 26.2(4) | 32.2(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 86.1(12) | 102.0(14) | 68.5(10) | 78.6(12) | 45.0(7) |
| Property crime | 502.2(70) | 997.9(137) | 890.4(130) | 694.3(106) | 514.7(80) |
| Burglary | 43.0(6) | 109.3(15) | 54.8(8) | 65.5(10) | 64.3(10) |
| Larceny | 423.2(59) | 859.5(118) | 746.6(109) | 569.9(87) | 418.2(65) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 21.5(3) | 29.1(4) | 75.3(11) | 52.4(8) | 32.2(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beacon, NY Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Beacon Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Beacon calculated?
- Beacon's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New York state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New York cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Beacon Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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