Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cheektowaga Town, NY Crime Grade
How Cheektowaga Town 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
8/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cheektowaga Town, NY was 218.7 per 100,000 residents (173 incidents over a population of 79,099). That puts Cheektowaga Town Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 52% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Cheektowaga Town #2,187 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #102 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Cheektowaga Town, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- New York Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 218.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,187 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #102 of 140
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 79,099
- Reporting agency
- Cheektowaga Town Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cheektowaga Town Police Department (FBI ORI NY0145500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cheektowaga Town, NY
Also known as
- Cheektowaga Station
- Jiik-do-waah-geh
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. Cheektowaga Town (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cheektowaga Town 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 282.2(216) | 276.4(220) | 268.5(213) | 235.8(186) | 218.7(173) |
| Murder | 1.3(1) | 1.3(1) | 2.5(2) | 2.5(2) | 2.5(2) |
| Rape | 28.7(22) | 15.1(12) | 31.5(25) | 19.0(15) | 19.0(15) |
| Robbery | 66.6(51) | 79.1(63) | 88.2(70) | 59.6(47) | 56.9(45) |
| Aggravated assault | 185.5(142) | 180.9(144) | 146.2(116) | 154.7(122) | 140.3(111) |
| Property crime | 2922.8(2,237) | 3291.2(2,620) | 3743.9(2,970) | 3329.8(2,626) | 3175.8(2,512) |
| Burglary | 356.7(273) | 306.5(244) | 258.4(205) | 282.8(223) | 250.3(198) |
| Larceny | 2328.3(1,782) | 2703.3(2,152) | 2908.1(2,307) | 2609.6(2,058) | 2628.4(2,079) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 223.4(171) | 272.6(217) | 574.8(456) | 432.4(341) | 285.7(226) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cheektowaga Town, 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 Cheektowaga Town 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 Cheektowaga Town calculated?
- Cheektowaga Town'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 Cheektowaga Town 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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