Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oneonta City, NY Crime Grade
How Oneonta 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
7/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oneonta City, NY was 151.9 per 100,000 residents (25 incidents over a population of 16,457). That puts Oneonta City 53% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 67% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Oneonta City #1,644 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #88 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is up 90% year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
Oneonta City, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- New York Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 151.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,644 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #88 of 140
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 90%
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 16,457
- Reporting agency
- Oneonta City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oneonta City Police Department (FBI ORI NY0380100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oneonta City, NY
Also known as
- Klipnockie
- Otego
History
Incorporated as a village in 1842. Incorporated as a city in 1908. An Indian word meaning "place of rest."
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. Oneonta City (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oneonta 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 | 139.0(19) | 80.3(10) | 29.4(5) | 80.1(13) | 151.9(25) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | 14.6(2) | 24.1(3) | 0.0(0) | 12.3(2) | 18.2(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 58.5(8) | 40.2(5) | 11.8(2) | 37.0(6) | 79.0(13) |
| Property crime | 797.3(109) | 980.2(122) | 435.8(74) | 763.9(124) | 1057.3(174) |
| Burglary | 80.5(11) | 128.5(16) | 58.9(10) | 117.1(19) | 36.5(6) |
| Larceny | 658.3(90) | 747.2(93) | 353.3(60) | 628.4(102) | 984.4(162) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 43.9(6) | 88.4(11) | 5.9(1) | 18.5(3) | 36.5(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oneonta City, 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 Oneonta City 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 Oneonta City calculated?
- Oneonta City'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 Oneonta City 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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