New York Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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New York displays a 46.11-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Yonkers, New York at 60.8 points out of 100 versus Buffalo, New York at 14.69.
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New York displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 368 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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New York has 5 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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New York, New York has a reporting population of 8,516,202 residents versus 100,081 in Albany, New York, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in New York is Yonkers with an adjusted safety score of 60.8 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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New York city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers | #1 of 6 | 209,529 | 60.8 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Syracuse | #2 of 6 | 146,211 | 52.18 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| New York | #3 of 6 | 8,516,202 | 37.95 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Rochester | #4 of 6 | 209,720 | 25.27 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Albany | #5 of 6 | 100,081 | 15.1 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Buffalo | #6 of 6 | 276,397 | 14.69 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
New York in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Homicide -22% (1,183 to 928), motor vehicle theft -15%, burglary -11%, robbery -11%, larceny-theft -5%, aggravated assault -4%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 639,949 of 1,528,207 reports (41.9%); larceny-theft alone is 459,124 (30.0%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 74% of homicides cleared vs 16% of motor vehicle thefts and 26% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 928 reports in 2025 vs 1,183 in 2024 (-22%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Intimidation (271,965) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (139,685, 9.1% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (40,988) and troughed in Feb (33,557), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 295 of 479 agencies reported homicide in December 2025 (vs 326 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 479 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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New York monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 459124 reports vs 481881 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 36,268 | 91 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 33,557 | 92 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 38,191 | 92 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 37,531 | 93 | Full |
| May 2025 | 39,895 | 93 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 37,833 | 93 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 40,988 | 88 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 40,980 | 91 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 40,467 | 89 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 40,341 | 90 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 37,570 | 88 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 35,503 | 87 | Full |
Intimidation, month by month
→ Stable, 271965 reports vs 265858 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 21,662 | 449 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 19,412 | 450 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 22,919 | 450 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 22,745 | 449 | Full |
| May 2025 | 24,607 | 448 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 23,752 | 447 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 24,371 | 439 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 23,405 | 440 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 23,707 | 438 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 23,554 | 435 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 21,320 | 427 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 20,511 | 422 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 194124 reports vs 198408 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 14,284 | 89 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 12,970 | 90 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 16,474 | 90 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 16,349 | 91 | Full |
| May 2025 | 17,655 | 91 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 18,073 | 91 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 17,483 | 86 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 17,078 | 89 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 16,903 | 87 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 16,553 | 88 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 15,597 | 86 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 14,705 | 85 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
74% of homicides cleared vs 16% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 928 | 683 | 73.6% |
| Aggravated Assault | 91,617 | 63,334 | 69.1% |
| Robbery | 34,529 | 19,204 | 55.6% |
| Burglary | 41,507 | 16,834 | 40.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 459,124 | 121,504 | 26.5% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 46,086 | 7,299 | 15.8% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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New York city reports
- Yonkers safety report: #1 of 6, population 209,529, score 60.8, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Syracuse safety report: #2 of 6, population 146,211, score 52.18, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- New York safety report: #3 of 6, population 8,516,202, score 37.95, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Rochester safety report: #4 of 6, population 209,720, score 25.27, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Albany safety report: #5 of 6, population 100,081, score 15.1, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Buffalo safety report: #6 of 6, population 276,397, score 14.69, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
New York reporting agencies recorded 40,988 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 33,557 in Feb 2025, a difference of 7,431 reports; 88 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 92 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 459,124 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
New York reporting agencies recorded 24,607 intimidation offenses in May 2025 versus 19,412 in Feb 2025, a difference of 5,195 reports; 448 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 450 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 271,965 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
New York reporting agencies recorded 18,073 simple assault offenses in Jun 2025 versus 12,970 in Feb 2025, a difference of 5,103 reports; 91 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 90 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 194,124 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
New York reporting agencies recorded 683 cleared homicide offenses against 928 reports received in 2025 (73.6%), compared with 7,299 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 46,086 reports (15.8%), a 57.8-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Yonkers, New York records 60.8 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 26.47 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 34.33; its reporting population of 209,529 residents accounts for 2.2% of the 9,458,140 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Buffalo, New York records 14.69 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 19.64 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 34.33; its reporting population of 276,397 residents accounts for 2.9% of the 9,458,140 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Albany, New York records 15.1 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 19.23 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 34.33; its reporting population of 100,081 residents accounts for 1.1% of the 9,458,140 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
New York reporting-agency sums contain 459,124 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 481,881 in 2024, 22,757 reports (4.7%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 84 to 93 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
New York reporting-agency sums contain 194,124 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 198,408 in 2024, 4,284 reports (2.2%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 82 to 91 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
New York reporting-agency sums contain 145,654 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 160,433 in 2024, 14,779 reports (9.2%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 83 to 92 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the New York directory
The scoring run contains 368 reportable jurisdictions in New York. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Yonkers has the highest adjusted score at 60.8, and Buffalo has the lowest at 14.69. The public-cohort range is 46.11 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 5 decreasing, 1 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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