Amsterdam, NY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Amsterdam, NY Summary

Crime in Amsterdam research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Amsterdam over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Amsterdam:

  • There were 280 total crimes committed in Amsterdam in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,532.7 total crimes per 100K people in Amsterdam.
  • The overall crime rate in Amsterdam is -27.68% below the national average.
  • Amsterdam ranks #271 safest out of 376 cities in New York.
  • Amsterdam ranks #6,118 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Amsterdam Vs New York And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Amsterdam is 1,532.7 per 100,000 people. That's -27.68% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -27.00% lower than the New York total crime rate of 2,099.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Amsterdam
/ 100k People
New York
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 280 1,532.7 2,099.7 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.5 2.7 5.0
Robbery 5 27.4 96.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 60.2 259.6 256.0
Violent Crime 17 93.1 380.2 359.0
Burglary 34 186.1 136.6 229.0
Larceny 209 1,144.1 1,432.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 109.5 150.2 259.0
Property Crime 263 1,439.7 1,719.5 1,760.0

Amsterdam Crime Compared To New York Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New York.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Amsterdam

17
Violent Crimes
93.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-74.08%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Amsterdam in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Amsterdam is 93.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,074.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Amsterdam each year. That compares to a 1 in 263.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -74.08% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -75.52% lower than the New York violent crime rate of 380.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Amsterdam

263
Property Crimes
1,439.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-18.20%
Below The National Average
  • There were 263 property crimes in Amsterdam in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Amsterdam is 1,439.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 69.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Amsterdam each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -18.20% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.28% lower than the New York property crime rate of 1,719.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Amsterdam

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Schenectady, NY 68,610 2,590 3,775.0 3,129.3 645.7
Gloversville, NY 14,767 236 1,598.2 1,347.6 250.6
Johnstown, NY 8,120 135 1,662.6 1,477.8 184.7
Milton, PA 6,458 100 1,548.5 1,285.2 263.2

Amsterdam SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
8
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