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Schenectady Crime Rate Report (New York)

Schenectady crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Schenectady for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Schenectady in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 113.88% and the city property crime rate in Schenectady was higher than the national property crime rate average by 80.38%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Schenectady was higher than the violent crime rate in New York by 90.23% and the city property crime rate in Schenectady was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 75.8%.

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

Schenectady Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault360
Arson15
Burglary245
Larceny and Theft1,585
Motor Vehicle Theft102
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape25
Robbery98
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,394
Property Crime1,932
Violent Crime489
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault316
Arson20
Burglary218
Larceny and Theft1,669
Motor Vehicle Theft142
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape21
Robbery74
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,492
Property Crime2,030
Violent Crime417

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Schenectady Property Crime

Schenectady Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Schenectady Crime 2025

Schenectady Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Schenectady Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Schenectady Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Schenectady, 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 Schenectady crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 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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