Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Glens Falls, NY Crime Grade
How Glens Falls 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
7/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Glens Falls, NY was 167.0 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 14,374). That puts Glens Falls 49% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 63% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Glens Falls #1,795 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #93 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and up 96% over the last five years.
Glens Falls, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- New York Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,795 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #93 of 140
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- up 96%
- Population
- 14,374
- Reporting agency
- Glens Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Glens Falls Police Department (FBI ORI NY0560100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Glens Falls, NY
Also known as
- Ka-yan-do-ros-sa
- Wing's Falls
- Glenville
- Che-pon-tuc
- Four Corners
- Glenn's Falls
- Glen's Falls
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. Glens Falls (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Glens Falls 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 | 85.0(12) | 163.9(24) | 130.9(19) | 173.4(25) | 167.0(24) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.6(7) | 75.1(11) | 20.7(3) | 34.7(5) | 7.0(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 34.4(5) | 13.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 35.4(5) | 88.8(13) | 75.8(11) | 124.9(18) | 160.0(23) |
| Property crime | 1013.0(143) | 874.4(128) | 771.7(112) | 686.7(99) | 674.8(97) |
| Burglary | 70.8(10) | 68.3(10) | 68.9(10) | 83.2(12) | 76.5(11) |
| Larceny | 878.4(124) | 730.9(107) | 627.0(91) | 568.8(82) | 556.6(80) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 63.8(9) | 54.6(8) | 55.1(8) | 27.7(4) | 34.8(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Glens Falls, 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 Glens Falls 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 Glens Falls calculated?
- Glens Falls'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 Glens Falls 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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