Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Utica, NY Crime Grade
How Utica 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Utica, NY was 445.6 per 100,000 residents (282 incidents over a population of 63,288). That puts Utica Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 2% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Utica #3,164 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #125 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 22% over the last five years.
Utica, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New York Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 445.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,164 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #125 of 140
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 22%
- Population
- 63,288
- Reporting agency
- Utica Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Utica Police Department (FBI ORI NY0320200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Utica, NY
Also known as
- Unungagages
- Tevadahahtodague
- Nundadasis
- Yanundadasis
- Iotékha
- Twa-dah-ah-lo-dah-que
- Fort Schuyler
- Old Fort Schuyler
History
The variant name, "Iotékha", is a Mohawk name which translates to: "it is on fire". Current name adopted in 1805.
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. Utica (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Utica 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 | 569.8(336) | 579.0(370) | 478.4(304) | 537.3(339) | 445.6(282) |
| Murder | 11.9(7) | 4.7(3) | 11.0(7) | 9.5(6) | 3.2(2) |
| Rape | 61.1(36) | 64.2(41) | 61.4(39) | 44.4(28) | 69.5(44) |
| Robbery | 145.8(86) | 128.3(82) | 91.3(58) | 98.3(62) | 69.5(44) |
| Aggravated assault | 351.1(207) | 381.8(244) | 314.7(200) | 385.1(243) | 303.4(192) |
| Property crime | 3624.2(2,137) | 3442.6(2,200) | 3010.3(1,913) | 3020.7(1,906) | 2957.9(1,872) |
| Burglary | 415.5(245) | 431.9(276) | 349.3(222) | 317.0(200) | 278.1(176) |
| Larceny | 2808.4(1,656) | 2752.5(1,759) | 2456.4(1,561) | 2532.6(1,598) | 2517.1(1,593) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 386.7(228) | 242.5(155) | 181.0(115) | 150.6(95) | 145.4(92) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Utica, 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 Utica 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 Utica calculated?
- Utica'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 Utica 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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