Photo: Viscountrapier at English Wikipedia · Public domainReported crime per resident in Brookville fell 63% from 2023 to 2025
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Brookville’s Safety Grade, A (#61 of 236 graded towns in New York), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. On top of that, typical years here bring 0.2 violent crime plus 5.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.0 plus 21.0 in the rest of New York.
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 Brookville
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New York towns on Brookville’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Old Brookville (A+), Old Westbury (A). Muttontown reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Upper Brookville and East Hills have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Brookville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 74% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 86% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Brookville is home to Long Island University, with 16,079 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 35% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Brookville’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 | Brookville property | Rest of New York property | Brookville violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 19.9 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 4.8 | 21.3 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 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 | Brookville | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Brookville’s police reported 2 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Brookville 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
10 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.
0 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Brookville’s police.
One person died in crashes on Brookville’s roads in 2019–2023
Brookville had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Brookville’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Brookville’s own rate (6.8) 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.
Brookville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Old Westbury | A | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Muttontown | — | — | — |
| Upper Brookville | — | — | — |
| Old Brookville | A+ | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| East Hills | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Muttontown reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Upper Brookville and East Hills have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Sherrill | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Cornwall-on-Hudson | A+ | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Greenwood Lake | A | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Hunter | A− | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| Cuba | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Brookville’s population (3,037), 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 Brookville. 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 Brookville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,915 in 2025); our figure for Brookville is 3,037 (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 Brookville
Is Brookville, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brookville reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #61 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.2 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 Brookville?
0.2 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 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Brookville safer than Old Westbury?
Old Westbury reports less crime per resident than Brookville: Old Westbury grades A for safety and Brookville A. Old Westbury’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brookville?
Brookville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brookville”. 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.