Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Tonawanda Town, NY Crime Grade
How Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda Town, NY was 129.7 per 100,000 residents (73 incidents over a population of 56,278). That puts Tonawanda Town Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 71% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Tonawanda Town #1,421 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 62% of them, and #80 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Tonawanda Town, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New York Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 129.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,421 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #80 of 140
- Safer than
- 62% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 56,278
- Reporting agency
- Tonawanda Town Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tonawanda Town Police Department (FBI ORI NY0147200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tonawanda Town, NY
Also known as
- Tonewanta
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. Tonawanda Town (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tonawanda 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 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 146.3(83) | 199.3(113) | 173.6(98) | 151.5(85) | 129.7(73) |
| Murder | 7.1(4) | 7.1(4) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) |
| Rape | 8.8(5) | 19.4(11) | 10.6(6) | 10.7(6) | 12.4(7) |
| Robbery | 59.9(34) | 28.2(16) | 47.8(27) | 46.3(26) | 28.4(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.5(40) | 144.6(82) | 115.2(65) | 94.5(53) | 87.1(49) |
| Property crime | 1285.3(729) | 1590.9(902) | 1633.7(922) | 1748.4(981) | 1780.4(1,002) |
| Burglary | 232.7(132) | 178.1(101) | 170.1(96) | 215.6(121) | 151.0(85) |
| Larceny | 973.3(552) | 1160.5(658) | 1077.3(608) | 1169.1(656) | 1338.0(753) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 72.3(41) | 245.2(139) | 379.2(214) | 358.2(201) | 291.4(164) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda Town calculated?
- Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda 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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