Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Hempstead Village, NY Crime Grade
How Hempstead Village 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
10/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Hempstead Village, NY was 548.2 per 100,000 residents (318 incidents over a population of 58,013). That puts Hempstead Village Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 32% above the New York statewide rate of 414.2.
That ranks Hempstead Village #3,353 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 11% of them, and #129 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Hempstead Village, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New York Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 548.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,353 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #129 of 140
- Safer than
- 11% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 58,013
- Reporting agency
- Hempstead Village Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hempstead Village Police Department (FBI ORI NY0290600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hempstead Village, NY
Also known as
- Hemsted
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. Hempstead Village (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hempstead Village vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 646.4(357) | 454.2(249) | 525.1(307) | 525.2(305) | 548.2(318) |
| Murder | 14.5(8) | 5.5(3) | 5.1(3) | 1.7(1) | 5.2(3) |
| Rape | 5.4(3) | 7.3(4) | 6.8(4) | 8.6(5) | 6.9(4) |
| Robbery | 190.1(105) | 120.4(66) | 145.4(85) | 191.1(111) | 181.0(105) |
| Aggravated assault | 436.4(241) | 321.1(176) | 367.7(215) | 323.7(188) | 355.1(206) |
| Property crime | 1033.9(571) | 972.3(533) | 1089.5(637) | 1078.0(626) | 1122.2(651) |
| Burglary | 190.1(105) | 129.5(71) | 140.2(82) | 172.2(100) | 167.2(97) |
| Larceny | 646.4(357) | 631.2(346) | 723.5(423) | 673.3(391) | 729.1(423) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 191.9(106) | 197.0(108) | 217.2(127) | 230.8(134) | 218.9(127) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hempstead Village, 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 Hempstead Village 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 Hempstead Village calculated?
- Hempstead Village'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 Hempstead Village 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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