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Calverton has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Suffolk County. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Calverton alone, and no Safety Grade. Riverhead itself is graded C, and no other graded town is as close. Widen the search to 25 miles and 5 graded towns turn up.
What stands out about safety in Calverton
Policed by the county
Calverton is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Calverton. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Riverhead (C, 5 mi), Westhampton Beach (B+, 10 mi), Quogue (A−, 11 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Calverton. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Suffolk County without police of their own, which include Calverton.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Suffolk County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead | C | 5 mi | 1.1 | 21.8 |
| Westhampton Beach | B+ | 10 mi | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Quogue | A− | 11 mi | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Southampton | A− | 16 mi | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Southampton | B | 20 mi | 0.5 | 12.3 |
| Shelter Island | A− | 27 mi | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Calverton. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Calverton.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Calverton’s roads in 2019–2023
Calverton had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Calverton’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Calverton’s own rate (14.2) 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.
Calverton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead | C | 1.1 | 21.8 |
| Brookhaven | — | — | — |
| Southampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brookhaven has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Calverton
Is Calverton, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Calverton. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Riverhead (C, 5 mi), Westhampton Beach (B+, 10 mi), Quogue (A−, 11 mi).
Who polices Calverton?
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. Calverton is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Suffolk County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Calverton.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.