Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 38% per resident in Blooming Grove from 2023 to 2025
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 0.7 violent crime and 5.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of New York. Blooming Grove grades A− for safety overall (#86 of 236 graded towns in New York): less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NY” is every other New York city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Blooming Grove
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on Blooming Grove’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Cornwall (A+), Goshen (A), New Windsor (B). Woodbury, Monroe, South Blooming Grove and Hamptonburgh have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Chester reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Blooming Grove’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 79% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Blooming Grove’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Blooming Grove property | Rest of New York property | Blooming Grove violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 20.0 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 22.2 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 21.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Blooming Grove | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Blooming Grove’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Blooming Grove per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
60 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
6 violent and 54 property, as reported to the FBI by Blooming Grove’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Blooming Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Blooming Grove had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Blooming Grove’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Blooming Grove’s own rate (5.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Blooming Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Woodbury | — | — | — |
| Chester | — | — | — |
| Monroe | — | — | — |
| Cornwall | A+ | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| South Blooming Grove | — | — | — |
| New Windsor | B | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| Goshen | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Hamptonburgh | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Woodbury, Monroe, South Blooming Grove and Hamptonburgh have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Chester reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Whitestown | A+ | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Scarsdale | A | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Saugerties | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Cohoes | C+ | 2.4 | 11.8 |
| Lackawanna | C | 3.4 | 17.4 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Blooming Grove’s population (18,418), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Blooming Grove. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Blooming Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,754 in 2025); our figure for Blooming Grove is 18,418 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Blooming Grove
Is Blooming Grove, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Blooming Grove reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #86 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Blooming Grove?
0.7 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Blooming Grove safer than Cornwall?
Cornwall reports less crime per resident than Blooming Grove: Cornwall grades A+ for safety and Blooming Grove A−. Cornwall’s police reported 0.1 violent and 1.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Blooming Grove?
Blooming Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Blooming Grove Town”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.