Tonawanda, NY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Tonawanda, NY Summary

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

  • There were 193 total crimes committed in Tonawanda in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,301.9 total crimes per 100K people in Tonawanda.
  • The overall crime rate in Tonawanda is -38.57% below the national average.
  • Tonawanda ranks #255 safest out of 376 cities in New York.
  • Tonawanda ranks #5,471 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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Tonawanda Vs New York And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Tonawanda is 1,301.9 per 100,000 people. That's -38.57% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -38.00% lower than the New York total crime rate of 2,099.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tonawanda
/ 100k People
New York
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 193 1,301.9 2,099.7 2,119.2
Murder 2 13.5 2.7 5.0
Robbery 1 6.7 96.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 114.7 259.6 256.0
Violent Crime 25 168.6 380.2 359.0
Burglary 18 121.4 136.6 229.0
Larceny 133 897.1 1,432.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 17 114.7 150.2 259.0
Property Crime 168 1,133.2 1,719.5 1,760.0

Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda

25
Violent Crimes
168.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in Tonawanda in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tonawanda is 168.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 593.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tonawanda each year. That compares to a 1 in 263.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.03% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.64% lower than the New York violent crime rate of 380.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tonawanda

168
Property Crimes
1,133.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-35.61%
Below The National Average
  • There were 168 property crimes in Tonawanda in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tonawanda is 1,133.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 88.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Tonawanda each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -35.61% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.10% lower than the New York property crime rate of 1,719.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Tonawanda

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Buffalo, NY 273,728 12,361 4,515.8 3,809.6 706.2
Niagara Falls, NY 47,296 1,565 3,308.9 2,807.8 501.1
North Tonawanda, NY 29,898 371 1,240.9 1,087.0 153.9

Tonawanda SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
10
Safety
3
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
8
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