Buffalo Crime Rate Report (New York)

Buffalo crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 12 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Buffalo for 2013 is expected to be lower than in 2010.

The city violent crime rate for Buffalo in 2010 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 236.3% and the city property crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the national property crime rate average by 89.15%.

In 2010 the city violent crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the violent crime rate in New York by 246.22% and the city property crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 186.66%.
Buffalo Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita Buffalo Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Buffalo Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2010 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,921
Arson90
Burglary4,296
Forcible Rape157
Larceny and Theft9,027
Motor Vehicle Theft1,430
Murder and Manslaughter55
Robbery1,466
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)17,996
Property Crime14,753
Violent Crime3,599
2013 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault2,024
Arson0
Burglary4,364
Forcible Rape125
Larceny and Theft9,020
Motor Vehicle Theft1,277
Murder and Manslaughter53
Robbery1,526
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)17,778
Property Crime14,535
Violent Crime3,727

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Buffalo Property Crime Buffalo Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Buffalo Crime 2010 Buffalo Crime 2013

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Buffalo Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison Buffalo Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Buffalo, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Buffalo crime report data for 2013 was projected from 12 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2010.

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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