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Amherst Town Crime Rate Report (New York)

Amherst Town crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Amherst Town for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Amherst Town in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 57.28% and the city property crime rate in Amherst Town was higher than the national property crime rate average by 38.5%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Amherst Town was lower than the violent crime rate in New York by 62% and the city property crime rate in Amherst Town was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 34.98%.

Property and Violent Crime
Amherst Town Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Amherst Town Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Amherst Town Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault119
Arson9
Burglary137
Larceny and Theft2,245
Motor Vehicle Theft291
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape31
Robbery25
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,749
Property Crime2,673
Violent Crime176
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault134
Arson4
Burglary138
Larceny and Theft2,165
Motor Vehicle Theft318
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape27
Robbery28
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,696
Property Crime2,620
Violent Crime189

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Amherst Town Property Crime

Amherst Town Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Amherst Town Crime 2025

Amherst Town Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Amherst Town Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Amherst Town Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Amherst Town, 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 Amherst Town 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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