Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Niagara Falls, NY Crime Grade
How Niagara 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
9/10
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 Niagara Falls, NY was 522.2 per 100,000 residents (247 incidents over a population of 47,296). That puts Niagara Falls Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 26% above the New York statewide rate of 414.2.
That ranks Niagara Falls #3,315 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #126 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Niagara Falls, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New York Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 522.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,315 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #126 of 140
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 47,296
- Reporting agency
- Niagara Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Niagara Falls Police Department (FBI ORI NY0310200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Niagara Falls, NY
Also known as
- Ohnià:kara
- Manchester
History
The variant name, "Ohnià:kara", is a Mohawk name which translates to: "a cut off".
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. Niagara Falls (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Niagara Falls 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 | 781.5(371) | 793.4(374) | 854.0(411) | 687.2(328) | 522.2(247) |
| Murder | 19.0(9) | 19.1(9) | 14.5(7) | 10.5(5) | 6.3(3) |
| Rape | 54.8(26) | 67.9(32) | 37.4(18) | 48.2(23) | 10.6(5) |
| Robbery | 189.6(90) | 135.8(64) | 145.4(70) | 98.5(47) | 107.8(51) |
| Aggravated assault | 518.2(246) | 570.7(269) | 656.6(316) | 530.0(253) | 397.5(188) |
| Property crime | 4200.2(1,994) | 3006.0(1,417) | 2962.9(1,426) | 2813.6(1,343) | 2873.4(1,359) |
| Burglary | 591.9(281) | 424.3(200) | 604.6(291) | 389.7(186) | 353.1(167) |
| Larceny | 3144.9(1,493) | 2176.5(1,026) | 1994.6(960) | 2019.6(964) | 2209.5(1,045) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 408.6(194) | 345.8(163) | 334.5(161) | 372.9(178) | 291.8(138) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Niagara 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 Niagara 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 Niagara Falls calculated?
- Niagara 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 Niagara 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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