What is the #1 most dangerous cities in new york?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Herkimer	7,335	12.19
2	Albany	100,081	8.17
3	Liberty	5,083	7.93
4	Syracuse	146,211	7.65
5	Buffalo	276,397	7.07
6	New York	8,516,202	6.71
7	Schenectady	68,521	6.46
8	Jamestown	28,401	6.24
9	Watertown	24,574	5.99
10	Rochester	209,720	5.82
11	Lockport	20,699	5.74
12	Mount Vernon	72,528	5.44
13	Binghamton	47,357	5.35
14	Utica	64,440	5.28
15	Niagara Falls	48,198	5.01
16	Troy	51,054	4.70
17	Hempstead	58,569	4.59
18	Ogdensburg	9,600	4.38
19	Mechanicville	5,143	4.29
20	Albion	5,495	4.25
21	Port Jervis	8,709	4.11
22	Oneida	10,240	3.99
23	Lackawanna	19,779	3.95
24	Salamanca	5,878	3.84
25	Batavia	15,494	3.77
26	Newark	9,040	3.69
27	Spring Valley	32,995	3.61
28	Watervliet	10,285	3.56
29	Kingston	23,942	3.50
30	Olean	13,798	3.47
31	Oswego	17,028	3.40
32	Hudson	5,900	3.30
33	Bath	5,595	3.26
34	Johnson City	15,130	3.25
35	Medina	5,799	3.24
36	Ticonderoga	3,375	3.21
37	Malone	5,466	3.17
38	Yonkers	209,529	3.12
39	Walton	2,655	3.10
40	Middletown	30,227	3.09
41	Gouverneur	3,623	3.04
42	Geneva	12,573	3.01
43	Ilion	7,636	2.92
44	Endicott	13,456	2.91
45	Dobbs Ferry	11,397	2.84
46	Dunkirk	12,597	2.75
47	Green Island	2,966	2.69
48	Solvay	6,590	2.63
49	Gloversville	15,010	2.51
50	Canandaigua	10,542	2.49
51	Auburn	26,475	2.45
52	Whitehall	2,693	2.40
53	Rome	31,795	2.38
54	Blasdell	2,534	2.37
55	North Syracuse	6,727	2.27
56	Cortland	17,465	2.27
57	Perry	3,515	2.24
58	Elmira Heights	4,254	2.13
59	De Witt	10,815	2.12
60	Peekskill	25,484	2.08
61	Cheektowaga	76,251	2.07
62	Gowanda	2,929	2.05
63	Canastota	4,527	2.03
64	Fulton	11,339	1.96
65	Ithaca	31,792	1.96
66	Yorkville	2,638	1.95
67	Hudson Falls	7,401	1.90
68	Le Roy	4,310	1.89
69	Owego	3,823	1.88
70	Cohoes	18,043	1.86
71	Saratoga Springs	28,542	1.86
72	Johnstown	8,153	1.85
73	Westhampton Beach	2,476	1.82
74	Mount Morris	3,258	1.81
75	Poughkeepsie	31,778	1.77
76	Frankfort	2,384	1.76
77	Tonawanda	15,044	1.69
78	Sidney	3,865	1.65
79	Freeport	44,102	1.63
80	Corning	10,666	1.60
81	Glens Falls	14,678	1.60
82	Haverstraw	12,273	1.57
83	Gates	4,576	1.57
84	Carthage	3,546	1.54
85	North Tonawanda	30,338	1.54
86	Tupper Lake	3,072	1.51
87	Massena	10,234	1.50
88	East Rochester	6,263	1.47
89	Canajoharie	1,808	1.47
90	Pelham Manor	5,648	1.46
91	Depew	15,065	1.42
92	Kenmore	15,097	1.42
93	Greece	14,053	1.42
94	New Rochelle	81,591	1.34
95	Irondequoit	50,438	1.32
96	Plattsburgh	19,878	1.31
97	Hoosick Falls	3,189	1.28
98	Floral Park	16,025	1.27
99	Port Washington North	3,159	1.26
100	Seneca Falls	6,967	1.25
101	Scotia	7,260	1.25
102	West Seneca	45,329	1.24
103	Suffern	11,395	1.24
104	Baldwinsville	7,732	1.19
105	East Greenbush	6,562	1.16
106	Colonie	7,705	1.13
107	Fairport	5,436	1.13
108	Menands	4,503	1.12
109	Glen Cove	28,101	1.12
110	White Plains	59,818	1.11
111	Beacon	14,629	1.11
112	Monticello	7,252	1.11
113	Newburgh	28,649	1.11
114	Wellsville	4,846	1.10
115	Dryden	1,783	1.09
116	South Glens Falls	3,739	1.08
117	New Hartford	2,054	1.07
118	Catskill	3,803	1.07
119	Alfred	4,632	1.06
120	Arcade	1,912	1.03
121	Red Hook	2,119	1.03
122	Westfield	2,937	1.03
123	Riverhead	15,073	1.01
124	Cold Spring	1,868	1.00
125	Ellenville	4,210	1.00
126	Amsterdam	18,162	1.00
127	New Windsor	8,427	0.97
128	Cuba	1,755	0.97
129	New York Mills	2,989	0.95
130	Clyde	1,986	0.94
131	Rouses Point	2,520	0.93
132	Fallsburg	1,891	0.90
133	Washingtonville	5,723	0.89
134	Addison	1,775	0.86
135	Waterloo	4,600	0.85
136	Monroe	9,466	0.84
137	Kensington	1,462	0.84
138	Niskayuna	20,774	0.84
139	Jordan	1,374	0.84
140	Pleasantville	7,395	0.84
141	Mohawk	2,522	0.83
142	Warsaw	3,061	0.83
143	Tonawanda Town	56,973	0.82
144	Stony Point	12,694	0.82
145	Eden	3,164	0.80
146	Oneonta	14,467	0.80
147	Long Beach	34,741	0.78
148	Brighton	36,633	0.78
149	Horseheads	6,494	0.78
150	Woodbury	9,270	0.78
151	Saranac Lake	5,099	0.77
152	Port Chester	31,162	0.76
153	Lynbrook	20,251	0.75
154	Sherburne	1,294	0.73
155	Dansville	4,731	0.69
156	Ossining	26,979	0.69
157	Greenwood Lake	3,022	0.67
158	Orchard Park	3,066	0.67
159	Deposit	1,345	0.66
160	Norwood	1,304	0.65
161	Allegany	1,773	0.65
162	Geneseo	7,700	0.64
163	Irvington	6,541	0.63
164	Chittenango	4,855	0.63
165	Palmyra	3,306	0.61
166	Penn Yan	4,800	0.61
167	Trumansburg	1,552	0.60
168	Southampton	4,557	0.58
169	Sodus	1,999	0.58
170	Webster	5,734	0.58
171	Hyde Park	2,100	0.57
172	New Paltz	8,028	0.57
173	Brockport	7,153	0.56
174	Hamburg	9,762	0.55
175	Rensselaer	9,247	0.54
176	Watkins Glen	1,712	0.52
177	Camillus	1,333	0.52
178	Painted Post	1,691	0.52
179	Southold	6,600	0.52
180	Saugerties	3,877	0.51
181	Wallkill	1,980	0.51
182	Hornell	8,173	0.49
183	Manlius	4,657	0.48
184	Goshen	5,751	0.47
185	Canisteo	1,998	0.46
186	Lewiston	2,527	0.45
187	Little Falls	4,567	0.44
188	Walden	6,871	0.44
189	Lake Placid	2,159	0.44
190	Pulaski	2,202	0.43
191	Lancaster	10,127	0.43
192	Pelham	7,247	0.42
193	Warwick	6,625	0.41
194	Ardsley	5,005	0.41
195	Ballston Spa	5,080	0.41
196	Brewster	2,510	0.40
197	Rotterdam	22,798	0.39
198	Rhinebeck	2,674	0.39
199	Plattekill	1,304	0.39
200	Waterford	2,053	0.37
201	Sands Point	2,725	0.36
202	Piermont	2,434	0.36
203	Akron	2,904	0.35
204	Tarrytown	11,752	0.34
205	Nunda	1,291	0.34
206	Homer	3,110	0.33
207	Carmel	7,222	0.32
208	Macedon	1,885	0.32
209	Montgomery	3,800	0.32
210	Larchmont	6,542	0.31
211	Delhi	3,185	0.30
212	Shelter Island	2,281	0.30
213	Lowville	3,432	0.30
214	Tuckahoe	1,078	0.29
215	Lloyd Harbor	3,570	0.28
216	Garden City	22,866	0.26
217	Bedford	2,118	0.25
218	Potsdam	8,507	0.24
219	Rockville Centre	25,770	0.24
220	Waverly	4,337	0.23
221	Cobleskill	4,495	0.22
222	Fredonia	9,601	0.21
223	Rye Brook	9,884	0.21
224	Eastchester	20,519	0.20
225	Old Westbury	4,320	0.20
226	Elmsford	5,183	0.20
227	Norwich	6,880	0.16
228	Fishkill	2,193	0.15
229	Canton	7,222	0.14
230	Northport	7,320	0.14
231	Stillwater	1,876	0.13
232	Rye	16,410	0.12
233	Croton-on-Hudson	8,205	0.12
234	Hastings-on-Hudson	8,449	0.12
235	Chester	4,052	0.12
236	Amityville	9,513	0.10
237	Mamaroneck	19,840	0.08
238	Harrison	29,279	0.06
239	Scarsdale	18,005	0.06
240	Sackets Harbor	1,348	0.00
241	Sag Harbor	2,449	0.00
242	St. Johnsville	1,882	0.00
243	Germantown	1,107	0.00
244	Franklinville	2,063	0.00
245	Fort Plain	2,274	0.00
246	Fort Edward	3,160	0.00
247	Schoharie	1,078	0.00
248	Florida	2,915	0.00
249	Sherrill	3,041	0.00
250	Shortsville	1,806	0.00
251	Elmira	26,349	0.00
252	Skaneateles	2,533	0.00
253	Sleepy Hollow	10,592	0.00
254	East Hampton	1,277	0.00
255	Sodus Point	1,101	0.00
256	Dolgeville	1,948	0.00
257	Coxsackie	2,746	0.00
258	Cornwall-on-Hudson	3,046	0.00
259	Cooperstown	2,113	0.00
260	Clifton Springs	2,124	0.00
261	Theresa	1,019	0.00
262	Clayton	1,669	0.00
263	Chatham	1,594	0.00
264	Central Square	2,136	0.00
265	Cazenovia	2,760	0.00
266	Cayuga Heights	4,018	0.00
267	Cattaraugus	1,153	0.00
268	Vernon	1,313	0.00
269	Camden	2,626	0.00
270	Wappingers Falls	5,694	0.00
271	Cambridge	2,341	0.00
272	Caledonia	2,193	0.00
273	Cairo	1,565	0.00
274	Buchanan	2,296	0.00
275	Bronxville	6,539	0.00
276	Briarcliff Manor	7,333	0.00
277	Boonville	1,967	0.00
278	Bolivar	1,108	0.00
279	Wayland	1,817	0.00
280	Black River	1,880	0.00
281	Weedsport	1,858	0.00
282	West Carthage	1,918	0.00
283	Bainbridge	1,059	0.00
284	Avon	3,415	0.00
285	Attica	1,846	0.00
286	Altamont	1,767	0.00
287	Whitesboro	3,643	0.00
288	Wolcott	1,446	0.00
289	Alexandria Bay	1,296	0.00
290	Woodstock	2,562	0.00
291	Afton	1,086	0.00
292	Adams	1,730	0.00
293	Youngstown	1,773	0.00
294	Tuxedo	3,083	0.00
295	Northville	1,035	0.00
296	North Hornell	1,055	0.00
297	Norfolk	1,021	0.00
298	Old Brookville	2,008	0.00
299	Nissequogue	1,634	0.00
300	Nassau	1,138	0.00
301	Moravia	1,365	0.00
302	Oriskany	1,233	0.00
303	Middleport	1,931	0.00
304	Marcellus	1,957	0.00
305	Manchester	1,655	0.00
306	Oxford	1,426	0.00
307	Oyster Bay Cove	2,067	0.00
308	Malverne	8,496	0.00
309	Liverpool	2,604	0.00
310	Phelps	2,164	0.00
311	Philmont	1,575	0.00
312	Phoenix	2,393	0.00
313	Lake Success	2,817	0.00
314	Pine Plains	1,203	0.00
315	Maybrook	3,147	0.00
316	Kings Point	5,614	0.00
317	Huntington Bay	1,853	0.00
318	Port Dickinson	1,920	0.00
319	Holley	1,994	0.00
320	Highland Falls	3,696	0.00
321	Harriman	2,843	0.00
322	Hamilton	4,038	0.00
323	Groton	1,974	0.00
324	Greenwich	1,606	0.00
325	Greenport	2,574	0.00
326	Greene	1,556	0.00
327	Great Neck Estates	2,968	0.00
328	Granville	2,270	0.00

Methodology

Cities in New York are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most dangerous cities in new york?: Herkimer ranks #1 with 12.19 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 most dangerous cities in new york?: 1. Herkimer (12.19), 2. Albany (8.17), 3. Liberty (7.93), 4. Syracuse (7.65), 5. Buffalo (7.07)
How many cities in New York are ranked?: This ranking includes 328 cities in New York with available data.

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