Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mount Vernon, NY Crime Grade
How Mount Vernon 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Mount Vernon, NY was 337.9 per 100,000 residents (242 incidents over a population of 71,615). That puts Mount Vernon Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 26% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Mount Vernon #2,787 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #116 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 38% year over year and down 40% over the last five years.
Mount Vernon, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- New York Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 337.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,787 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #116 of 140
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 38%
- 5-year change
- down 40%
- Population
- 71,615
- Reporting agency
- Mount Vernon Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mount Vernon Police Department (FBI ORI NY0590300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Mount Vernon, NY
Also known as
- Hutchinson's
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. Mount Vernon (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mount Vernon 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 | 567.3(382) | 461.7(331) | 518.3(367) | 544.1(383) | 337.9(242) |
| Murder | 10.4(7) | 5.6(4) | 4.2(3) | 2.8(2) | 1.4(1) |
| Rape | 31.2(21) | 23.7(17) | 26.8(19) | 25.6(18) | 16.8(12) |
| Robbery | 124.7(84) | 133.9(96) | 156.8(111) | 106.5(75) | 78.2(56) |
| Aggravated assault | 401.0(270) | 298.5(214) | 330.5(234) | 409.1(288) | 241.6(173) |
| Property crime | 1327.6(894) | 1562.3(1,120) | 1633.9(1,157) | 1466.1(1,032) | 1002.6(718) |
| Burglary | 196.0(132) | 143.7(103) | 204.8(145) | 137.8(97) | 83.8(60) |
| Larceny | 913.3(615) | 1205.2(864) | 1134.0(803) | 1047.0(737) | 780.6(559) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 196.0(132) | 212.0(152) | 288.1(204) | 274.2(193) | 131.3(94) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon calculated?
- Mount Vernon'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 Mount Vernon 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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