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Safety in Catskill · Not graded

What the figures say about crime in Catskill, NY

The surrounding 10 miles hold 4 graded places to compare with. The closest graded town is Catskill, 4 miles away, at C+. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Catskill has nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Catskill (village)C+4 mi1.519.0
CairoA+7 mi0.03.6
HudsonC+8 mi2.615.3
SaugertiesA−8 mi0.55.3
HunterA−11 mi0.36.5
CoxsackieA+12 mi0.20.2

Straight-line distance from the center of Catskill. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Catskill.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Seven people died in crashes on Catskill’s roads in 2019–2023

Catskill had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.

That is more than 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 Catskill’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Catskill’s own rate (12.4) is context, not a ranking.

7
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
12.4
per 100,000 a year · New York towns of 5,000–25,000: 5.9

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.

Next door

Catskill and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Athens———
HunterA−0.36.5
Germantown———
SaugertiesA−0.55.3
Greenport———
Catskill (village)C+1.519.0
Livingston———
CairoA+0.03.6

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Athens, Germantown and Livingston have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Greenport reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Catskill

Is Catskill, NY safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Catskill. Catskill has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Catskill (C+, 4 mi), Cairo (A+, 7 mi), Hudson (C+, 8 mi).

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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.