Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Buffalo, NY Crime Grade
How Buffalo 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
10/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Buffalo, NY was 683.1 per 100,000 residents (1,888 incidents over a population of 276,384). That puts Buffalo Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 50% above the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Buffalo (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Buffalo 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 | 961.7(2,441) | 780.5(2,152) | 760.7(2,099) | 770.1(2,108) | 683.1(1,888) |
| Murder | 26.0(66) | 24.3(67) | 14.5(40) | 13.9(38) | 10.9(30) |
| Rape | 59.5(151) | 44.2(122) | 46.8(129) | 48.2(132) | 48.1(133) |
| Robbery | 241.1(612) | 194.0(535) | 181.9(502) | 177.5(486) | 145.8(403) |
| Aggravated assault | 635.1(1,612) | 517.9(1,428) | 517.5(1,428) | 530.5(1,452) | 478.3(1,322) |
| Property crime | 3155.9(8,010) | 3316.5(9,144) | 4286.0(11,826) | 3994.8(10,935) | 3154.7(8,719) |
| Burglary | 426.7(1,083) | 506.7(1,397) | 494.7(1,365) | 484.8(1,327) | 388.2(1,073) |
| Larceny | 2077.2(5,272) | 2220.4(6,122) | 2353.2(6,493) | 2588.7(7,086) | 2185.4(6,040) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 603.6(1,532) | 561.5(1,548) | 1400.4(3,864) | 887.4(2,429) | 549.6(1,519) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Buffalo's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New York cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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