Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Lackawanna, NY Crime Grade
How Lackawanna 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
9/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Lackawanna, NY was 395.2 per 100,000 residents (77 incidents over a population of 19,484). That puts Lackawanna 8% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 5% below the New York statewide rate of 414.2.
That ranks Lackawanna #3,005 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #121 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is up 8% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Lackawanna, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- New York Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 395.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,005 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #121 of 140
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 8%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 19,484
- Reporting agency
- Lackawanna Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lackawanna Police Department (FBI ORI NY0140200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lackawanna, NY
Also known as
- Limestone Hill
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. Lackawanna (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lackawanna 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 457.0(81) | 565.8(100) | 401.2(79) | 367.1(72) | 395.2(77) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) |
| Rape | 67.7(12) | 50.9(9) | 60.9(12) | 35.7(7) | 46.2(9) |
| Robbery | 50.8(9) | 50.9(9) | 40.6(8) | 40.8(8) | 41.1(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 338.5(60) | 464.0(82) | 294.5(58) | 290.6(57) | 302.8(59) |
| Property crime | 2138.3(379) | 1991.6(352) | 1762.1(347) | 1794.7(352) | 1560.3(304) |
| Burglary | 299.0(53) | 390.4(69) | 218.4(43) | 219.2(43) | 184.8(36) |
| Larceny | 1641.8(291) | 1363.6(241) | 1320.3(260) | 1254.3(246) | 1190.7(232) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 191.8(34) | 209.3(37) | 208.2(41) | 316.1(62) | 184.8(36) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lackawanna, 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 Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna calculated?
- Lackawanna'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 Lackawanna 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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