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Watertown Crime Rate Report (New York)

Watertown crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Watertown for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Watertown in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 67.22% and the city property crime rate in Watertown was higher than the national property crime rate average by 156.96%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Watertown was higher than the violent crime rate in New York by 48.73% and the city property crime rate in Watertown was higher than the property crime rate in New York by 150.43%.

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

Watertown Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault67
Arson18
Burglary97
Larceny and Theft813
Motor Vehicle Theft33
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape49
Robbery15
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,009
Property Crime943
Violent Crime131
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault80
Arson11
Burglary77
Larceny and Theft798
Motor Vehicle Theft33
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape37
Robbery8
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)974
Property Crime908
Violent Crime125

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Watertown Property Crime

Watertown Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Watertown Crime 2025

Watertown Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Watertown Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Watertown Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Watertown, 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 Watertown crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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