Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Watertown, NY Crime Grade
How Watertown 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
10/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Watertown, NY was 539.5 per 100,000 residents (129 incidents over a population of 23,911). That puts Watertown 66% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 19% above the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Watertown (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Watertown 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 | 498.1(120) | 647.4(159) | 512.4(125) | 624.2(150) | 539.5(129) |
| Murder | 8.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 149.4(36) | 146.6(36) | 139.4(34) | 174.8(42) | 196.6(47) |
| Robbery | 29.1(7) | 44.8(11) | 12.3(3) | 37.5(9) | 62.7(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 311.3(75) | 456.1(112) | 360.8(88) | 412.0(99) | 280.2(67) |
| Property crime | 3814.7(919) | 4222.7(1,037) | 4156.9(1,014) | 4070.1(978) | 3968.9(949) |
| Burglary | 377.7(91) | 443.8(109) | 491.9(120) | 432.8(104) | 397.3(95) |
| Larceny | 3254.3(784) | 3656.6(898) | 3533.8(862) | 3483.3(837) | 3358.3(803) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 137.0(33) | 93.7(23) | 106.6(26) | 124.8(30) | 138.0(33) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Watertown's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New York cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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