Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New York City, NY Crime Grade
How New York City 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
10/10
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 New York City, NY was 651.9 per 100,000 residents (55,392 incidents over a population of 8,496,850). That puts New York City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% above the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New York City (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New York City 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 | 1.5(125) | 744.2(61,293) | 681.8(55,799) | 690.1(57,277) | 651.9(55,392) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 5.3(438) | 4.9(403) | 4.3(355) | 3.0(259) |
| Rape | 1.0(88) | 31.8(2,619) | 28.7(2,346) | 27.1(2,250) | 39.4(3,351) |
| Robbery | 0.0(3) | 211.7(17,433) | 205.3(16,800) | 198.6(16,481) | 174.3(14,811) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.4(34) | 495.4(40,803) | 442.9(36,250) | 460.2(38,191) | 435.1(36,971) |
| Property crime | 5.8(492) | 2141.6(176,395) | 2443.0(199,933) | 2411.9(200,171) | 2248.2(191,022) |
| Burglary | 0.1(8) | 176.7(14,553) | 168.4(13,785) | 158.6(13,159) | 148.0(12,572) |
| Larceny | 5.5(469) | 1794.8(147,831) | 2036.7(166,684) | 2041.0(169,391) | 1911.3(162,399) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.2(15) | 169.7(13,977) | 226.7(18,553) | 201.8(16,752) | 181.5(15,425) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: New York City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New York cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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