Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Riverhead Town, NY Crime Grade
How Riverhead 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
6/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Riverhead Town, NY was 119.1 per 100,000 residents (43 incidents over a population of 36,118). That puts Riverhead Town Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 74% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Riverhead Town #1,330 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 65% of them, and #77 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is up 15% year over year and up 42% over the last five years.
Riverhead Town, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New York Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 119.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,330 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #77 of 140
- Safer than
- 65% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 15%
- 5-year change
- up 42%
- Population
- 36,118
- Reporting agency
- Riverhead Town Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Riverhead Town Police Department (FBI ORI NY0515500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Riverhead Town, NY
Also known as
- Occapogue
- A-que-bogue
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. Riverhead Town (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Riverhead 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 83.7(28) | 116.5(42) | 120.0(43) | 103.7(37) | 119.1(43) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 8.3(3) | 8.4(3) | 5.6(2) | 5.5(2) |
| Robbery | 23.9(8) | 49.9(18) | 64.2(23) | 25.2(9) | 13.8(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 59.8(20) | 58.2(21) | 47.4(17) | 70.0(25) | 99.7(36) |
| Property crime | 1431.5(479) | 2063.0(744) | 2131.4(764) | 2594.3(926) | 1863.3(673) |
| Burglary | 68.7(23) | 133.1(48) | 125.5(45) | 117.7(42) | 69.2(25) |
| Larceny | 1315.0(440) | 1893.9(683) | 1986.3(712) | 2423.4(865) | 1752.6(633) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 35.9(12) | 36.0(13) | 19.5(7) | 53.2(19) | 41.5(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Riverhead 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 Riverhead 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 Riverhead Town calculated?
- Riverhead 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 Riverhead 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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