Elmira, NY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Elmira, NY Summary

Crime in Elmira research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Elmira 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 Elmira:

  • There were 1,224 total crimes committed in Elmira in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,684.3 total crimes per 100K people in Elmira.
  • The overall crime rate in Elmira is 121.04% above the national average.
  • Elmira ranks #372 safest out of 376 cities in New York.
  • Elmira ranks #9,510 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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Elmira Vs New York And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Elmira is 4,684.3 per 100,000 people. That's 121.04% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 123.09% higher than the New York total crime rate of 2,099.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Elmira
/ 100k People
New York
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,224 4,684.3 2,099.7 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.8 2.7 5.0
Robbery 22 84.2 96.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 115 440.1 259.6 256.0
Violent Crime 143 547.3 380.2 359.0
Burglary 112 428.6 136.6 229.0
Larceny 949 3,631.8 1,432.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 76.5 150.2 259.0
Property Crime 1,081 4,137.0 1,719.5 1,760.0

Elmira 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 Elmira

143
Violent Crimes
547.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
52.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 143 violent crimes in Elmira in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Elmira is 547.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 182.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Elmira each year. That compares to a 1 in 263.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 52.44% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 43.95% higher than the New York violent crime rate of 380.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Elmira

1,081
Property Crimes
4,137.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
135.06%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,081 property crimes in Elmira in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Elmira is 4,137.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Elmira each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 135.06% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 140.59% higher than the New York property crime rate of 1,719.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Elmira

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Corning, NY 10,621 270 2,542.1 2,382.1 160.1
Sayre, PA 6,444 38 589.7 403.5 186.2

Elmira SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
9
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