New York, NY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In New York, NY Summary

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

  • There were 252,239 total crimes committed in New York in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,039.3 total crimes per 100K people in New York.
  • The overall crime rate in New York is 43.41% above the national average.
  • New York ranks #344 safest out of 376 cities in New York.
  • New York ranks #8,618 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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New York Vs New York And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in New York is 3,039.3 per 100,000 people. That's 43.41% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 44.75% higher than the New York total crime rate of 2,099.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
New York
/ 100k People
New York
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 252,239 3,039.3 2,099.7 2,119.2
Murder 325 3.9 2.7 5.0
Robbery 15,559 187.5 96.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 37,863 456.2 259.6 256.0
Violent Crime 55,690 671.0 380.2 359.0
Burglary 12,842 154.7 136.6 229.0
Larceny 167,230 2,015.0 1,432.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 16,477 198.5 150.2 259.0
Property Crime 196,549 2,368.3 1,719.5 1,760.0

New York 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 New York

55,690
Violent Crimes
671.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
86.91%
Above The National Average
  • There were 55,690 violent crimes in New York in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in New York is 671.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 149.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in New York each year. That compares to a 1 in 263.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 86.91% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 76.51% higher than the New York violent crime rate of 380.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In New York

196,549
Property Crimes
2,368.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
34.56%
Above The National Average
  • There were 196,549 property crimes in New York in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in New York is 2,368.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 42.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in New York each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 34.56% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 37.73% higher than the New York property crime rate of 1,719.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around New York

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Hoboken, NJ 57,293 1,130 1,972.3 1,783.8 188.5
West New York, NJ 51,260 902 1,759.7 1,463.1 296.5
Cliffside Park, NJ 26,105 201 770.0 643.6 126.4
Secaucus, NJ 21,121 800 3,787.7 3,636.2 151.5
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Edgewater, NJ 15,063 199 1,321.1 1,281.3 39.8
Guttenberg, NJ 11,426 133 1,164.0 954.0 210.0
Union, OH 6,977 84 1,204.0 1,118.0 86.0

New York SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
10
Safety
5
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
2
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