Ranking of New York Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2012

Updated on January 17, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, the New York city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was New York (52,993), followed by Buffalo (3,382), Rochester (2,069), Syracuse (1,372), and Yonkers (1,133).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2012, and the table below shows the ranking of New York cities with high number of Violent crimes.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in New York, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New York cities.

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Related Topics: New York FBI UCR 2012 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New York Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2012

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	New York	52993
2	Buffalo	3382
3	Rochester	2069
4	Syracuse	1372
5	Yonkers	1133
6	Albany	802
7	Schenectady	626
8	Niagara Falls	619
9	Mount Vernon	613
10	Newburgh	544
11	Hempstead Village	464
12	Utica	411
13	Poughkeepsie	342
14	Troy	335
15	Binghamton	315
16	Middletown	228
17	Freeport Village	209
17	Spring Valley Village	209
18	Jamestown	182
19	New Rochelle	181
20	Cheektowaga Town	175
21	Watertown	154
22	Greece Town	129
23	Tonawanda Town	118
24	Elmira	104
25	White Plains	92
26	Auburn	90
27	Amherst Town	88
28	Johnson City Village	87
29	Ramapo Town	80
30	Irondequoit Town	79
31	Lackawanna	77
32	Clarkstown Town	76
32	Riverhead Town	76
33	Kingston	70
34	Port Chester Village	67
35	Beacon	66
35	Gates Town	66
36	Ithaca	65
37	Southampton Town	64
38	Herkimer Village	60
38	Lockport	60
39	Haverstraw Town	59
40	Oswego City	56
41	North Tonawanda	54
41	Poughkeepsie Town	54
42	Endicott Village	53
43	Monticello Village	52
43	West Seneca Town	52
44	Greenburgh Town	49
44	Olean	49
45	Dunkirk	47
46	Batavia	46
46	Colonie Town	46
46	Orangetown Town	46
46	Rome	46
47	Long Beach	45
48	Cohoes	43
48	Glens Falls	43
49	Gloversville	42
50	Ossining Village	41
51	Hudson	37
51	New Windsor Town	37
51	Peekskill	37
52	Canandaigua	36
53	Bath Village	35
53	Cortland	35
53	Hamburg Town	35
53	Port Jervis	35
54	Massena Village	34
55	New Paltz Town and Village	32
55	Rockville Centre Village	32
56	Geneva	31
56	Newburgh Town	31
57	Corning	30
57	Dewitt Town	30
58	Brighton Town	28
59	Mount Kisco Village	27
59	Newark Village	27
59	Ogdensburg	27
60	Evans Town	26
60	Fulton City	26
60	Liberty Village	26
60	Saratoga Springs	26
60	Watervliet	26
60	Webster Town and Village	26
61	Manlius Town	25
61	Salamanca	25
62	Depew Village	24
62	Hyde Park Town	24
62	Monroe Village	24
62	Wallkill Town	24
63	Guilderland Town	23
63	Kenmore Village	23
63	Little Falls	23
63	Rotterdam Town	23
64	Oneida	22
64	Tonawanda	22
65	Coeymans Town	21
65	Southold Town	21
66	Ballston Spa Village	20
66	Camillus Town and Village	20
66	Solvay Village	20
67	Cuba Town	19
67	New Hartford Town and Village	19
68	Amsterdam	18
68	Norwich	18
68	Warwick Town	18
69	Brockport Village	17
69	Catskill Village	17
69	Glenville Town	17
70	Bethlehem Town	16
70	Mamaroneck Village	16
70	Niagara Town	16
70	Saranac Lake Village	16
70	Sidney Village	16
70	Ticonderoga Town	16
70	Vestal Town	16
71	Albion Village	15
71	East Fishkill Town	15
71	Fredonia Village	15
71	Lancaster Town	15
71	Niskayuna Town	15
71	Walden Village	15
72	East Greenbush Town	14
72	East Hampton Town	14
72	Fort Plain Village	14
72	Lyons Village	14
72	Mount Pleasant Town	14
72	Saugerties Town	14
73	Fallsburg Town	13
73	Ilion Village	13
73	Yorktown Town	13
74	Carmel Town	12
74	Dolgeville Village	12
74	Le Roy Village	12
74	Lynbrook Village	12
74	Mechanicville	12
74	Orchard Park Town	12
75	Bedford Town	11
75	Chatham Village	11
75	Ellicott Town	11
75	Harrison Town	11
75	Medina Village	11
75	North Greenbush Town	11
75	Perry Village	11
75	Plattekill Town	11
75	Rensselaer City	11
76	Amityville Village	10
76	Hornell	10
76	Hudson Falls Village	10
76	Ogden Town	10
76	Ulster Town	10
77	Dansville Village	9
77	Sleepy Hollow Village	9
77	South Glens Falls Village	9
78	Menands Village	8
78	Potsdam Village	8
78	Schodack Town	8
78	Tupper Lake Village	8
78	Whitehall Village	8
79	Canisteo Village	7
79	Clyde Village	7
79	Crawford Town	7
79	Greenport Town	7
79	Hastings-on-Hudson Village	7
79	Montgomery Town	7
79	Pelham Village	7
79	Whitesboro Village	7
80	Blooming Grove Town	6
80	Chester Village	6
80	Deerpark Town	6
80	Fishkill Town	6
80	Geddes Town	6
80	Gowanda Village	6
80	Johnstown	6
80	Lewiston Town and Village	6
80	Scotia Village	6
80	Walton Village	6
80	Waterloo Village	6
80	Waverly Village	6
80	Woodbury Town	6
81	Allegany Village	5
81	Cobleskill Village	5
81	Elmsford Village	5
81	Garden City Village	5
81	Mount Morris Village	5
81	Owego Village	5
82	Alfred Village	4
82	Cooperstown Village	4
82	Eastchester Town	4
82	Eden Town	4
82	Goshen Town	4
82	Lowville Village	4
82	Norfolk Town	4
82	Penn Yan Village	4
82	Sherrill	4
82	Stony Point Town	4
82	Wappingers Falls Village	4
83	Akron Village	3
83	Attica Village	3
83	Baldwinsville Village	3
83	Cazenovia Village	3
83	Chittenango Village	3
83	Elmira Heights Village	3
83	Floral Park Village	3
83	Frankfort Village	3
83	Goshen Village	3
83	Hamburg Village	3
83	Lakewood-Busti	3
83	Lloyd Town	3
83	Malone Village	3
83	Mamaroneck Town	3
83	Marlborough Town	3
83	North Castle Town	3
83	Old Westbury Village	3
83	Pound Ridge Town	3
83	Shawangunk Town	3
83	Suffern Village	3
83	Vernon Village	3
84	Ardsley Village	2
84	Bolton Town	2
84	Brant Town	2
84	Cairo Town	2
84	Central Square Village	2
84	Cornwall Town	2
84	Delhi Village	2
84	Dryden Village	2
84	East Aurora-Aurora Town	2
84	Ellicottville	2
84	Fairport Village	2
84	Fishkill Village	2
84	Frankfort Town	2
84	Greenwich Village	2
84	Kirkland Town	2
84	Lake Success Village	2
84	Larchmont Village	2
84	Macedon Town and Village	2
84	Moriah Town	2
84	Northport Village	2
84	Old Brookville Village	2
84	Palmyra Village	2
84	Port Washington	2
84	Pulaski Village	2
84	Rosendale Town	2
84	Scarsdale Village	2
84	Shandaken Town	2
84	South Nyack Village	2
84	Tarrytown Village	2
84	Watkins Glen Village	2
84	Westhampton Beach Village	2
84	Woodstock Town	2
85	Adams Village	1
85	Altamont Village	1
85	Arcade Village	1
85	Bronxville Village	1
85	Cambridge Village	1
85	Canastota Village	1
85	Carthage Village	1
85	Cayuga Heights Village	1
85	Chester Town	1
85	Croton-on-Hudson Village	1
85	Deposit Village	1
85	East Hampton Village	1
85	Geneseo Village	1
85	Glen Park Village	1
85	Granville Village	1
85	Hancock Village	1
85	Homer Village	1
85	Lake Placid Village	1
85	Malverne Village	1
85	Marcellus Village	1
85	Middleport Village	1
85	Moravia Village	1
85	New York Mills Village	1
85	Northville Village	1
85	Pelham Manor Village	1
85	Piermont Village	1
85	Rye Brook Village	1
85	Silver Creek Village	1
85	Skaneateles Village	1
85	Southampton Village	1
85	Stockport Town	1
85	Tuckahoe Village	1
85	Waterford Town and Village	1
85	Whitestown Town	1
86	Addison Town and Village	0
86	Asharoken Village	0
86	Black River	0
86	Bolivar Village	0
86	Brewster	0
86	Briarcliff Manor Village	0
86	Brownville Village	0
86	Canton Village	0
86	Cape Vincent Village	0
86	Carroll Town	0
86	Cattaraugus Village	0
86	Clayton Village	0
86	Cohocton Town	0
86	Colchester Town	0
86	Cornwall-on-Hudson Village	0
86	Elmira Town	0
86	Franklinville Village	0
86	Friendship Town	0
86	Germantown Town	0
86	Great Neck Estates Village	0
86	Greene Village	0
86	Groton Village	0
86	Hammondsport Village	0
86	Horseheads Village	0
86	Huntington Bay Village	0
86	Interlaken Village	0
86	Irvington Village	0
86	Kensington Village	0
86	Kent Town	0
86	Lewisboro Town	0
86	Lloyd Harbor Village	0
86	Manchester Village	0
86	Montgomery Village	0
86	Mount Hope Town	0
86	New Berlin Town	0
86	Nissequogue Village	0
86	Painted Post Village	0
86	Pine Plains Town	0
86	Pleasantville Village	0
86	Port Byron Village	0
86	Port Dickinson Village	0
86	Portville Village	0
86	Quogue Village	0
86	Red Hook Village	0
86	Rhinebeck Village	0
86	Sag Harbor Village	0
86	Sands Point Village	0
86	Schoharie Village	0
86	Shelter Island Town	0
86	Sherburne Village	0
86	Shortsville Village	0
86	Sodus Village	0
86	Stillwater Town	0
86	Warsaw Village	0
86	Wayland Village	0
86	Weedsport Village	0