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Rochester Crime Rate Report (New York)

Rochester 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 Rochester for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Rochester in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 73.18% and the city property crime rate in Rochester was higher than the national property crime rate average by 79.88%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Rochester was higher than the violent crime rate in New York by 54.03% and the city property crime rate in Rochester was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 75.31%.

Property and Violent Crime
Rochester Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Rochester Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Rochester Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault828
Arson58
Burglary575
Larceny and Theft3,457
Motor Vehicle Theft1,666
Murder and Manslaughter27
Rape50
Robbery266
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)7,220
Property Crime5,698
Violent Crime1,171
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault869
Arson106
Burglary611
Larceny and Theft3,631
Motor Vehicle Theft2,883
Murder and Manslaughter41
Rape23
Robbery252
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,646
Property Crime7,124
Violent Crime1,184

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Rochester Property Crime

Rochester Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Rochester Crime 2025

Rochester Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Rochester Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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