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New York Crime Rate Report (New York)

New York crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in New York for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for New York in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 100.38% and the city property crime rate in New York was higher than the national property crime rate average by 48.09%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in New York was higher than the violent crime rate in New York by 78.22% and the city property crime rate in New York was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 44.33%.

Property and Violent Crime
New York Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
New York Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

New York Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault37,203
Arson645
Burglary12,719
Larceny and Theft164,857
Motor Vehicle Theft15,552
Murder and Manslaughter280
Rape3,429
Robbery14,870
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)272,112
Property Crime193,128
Violent Crime55,782
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault39,438
Arson767
Burglary13,358
Larceny and Theft173,315
Motor Vehicle Theft18,307
Murder and Manslaughter349
Rape2,635
Robbery15,438
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)283,963
Property Crime204,979
Violent Crime57,860

Property and Violent Crime Totals

New York Property Crime

New York Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

New York Crime 2025

New York Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

New York Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

New York Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this New York, New York crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the New York crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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