Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Poughkeepsie Town, NY Crime Grade
How Poughkeepsie Town 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 Poughkeepsie Town, NY was 158.6 per 100,000 residents (65 incidents over a population of 40,983). That puts Poughkeepsie Town Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 65% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Poughkeepsie Town #1,702 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 55% of them, and #89 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Poughkeepsie Town, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- New York Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 158.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,702 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #89 of 140
- Safer than
- 55% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 40,983
- Reporting agency
- Poughkeepsie Town Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Poughkeepsie Town Police Department (FBI ORI NY0136300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Poughkeepsie Town, NY
Also known as
- Pochkeepsie
History
Derived from the Delaware Indian word apokeepsingk, meaning "safe, pleasant harbor," or "shallow inlet,""safe harbor for small boats." Founded in 1686 and incorporated as a city in 1854.
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. Poughkeepsie Town (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Poughkeepsie Town 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 | 247.4(96) | 173.3(71) | 153.0(63) | 196.3(80) | 158.6(65) |
| Murder | 2.6(1) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) |
| Rape | 33.5(13) | 34.2(14) | 21.9(9) | 29.5(12) | 17.1(7) |
| Robbery | 38.7(15) | 43.9(18) | 36.4(15) | 51.5(21) | 29.3(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 172.6(67) | 92.8(38) | 94.7(39) | 115.3(47) | 109.8(45) |
| Property crime | 2342.3(909) | 2265.3(928) | 2647.9(1,090) | 2657.9(1,083) | 1805.6(740) |
| Burglary | 154.6(60) | 136.7(56) | 153.0(63) | 142.3(58) | 112.2(46) |
| Larceny | 2056.3(798) | 2062.7(845) | 2400.2(988) | 2434.6(992) | 1629.9(668) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 118.5(46) | 58.6(24) | 80.2(33) | 61.4(25) | 51.2(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Poughkeepsie Town, 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 Poughkeepsie Town 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 Poughkeepsie Town calculated?
- Poughkeepsie Town'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 Poughkeepsie Town 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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