Photo: Copperhead7 · CC BY 3.0Clarkstown reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Clarkstown grades B− for safety (#148 of 236 graded towns in New York): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Clarkstown
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on Clarkstown’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Ramapo (A−). Orangetown and Haverstraw (township) reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Haverstraw (village), Ossining (township), Upper Nyack and Chestnut Ridge have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Ossining (village) reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
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 Clarkstown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Clarkstown’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Clarkstown’s police reported 229 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Clarkstown | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Clarkstown property | Rest of New York property | Clarkstown violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.4 | 20.0 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 18.0 | 22.3 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 13.0 | 19.7 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 13 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
1,144 crimes reported in 2025
81 violent and 1,063 property, as reported to the FBI by Clarkstown’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
23 people died in crashes on Clarkstown’s roads in 2019–2023
Clarkstown had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 23 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.5, 116 towns).
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.
Clarkstown and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Orangetown | — | — | — |
| Ramapo | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Haverstraw (township) | — | — | — |
| Haverstraw (village) | — | — | — |
| Ossining (township) | — | — | — |
| Ossining (village) | — | — | — |
| Upper Nyack | — | — | — |
| Chestnut Ridge | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Orangetown and Haverstraw (township) reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Haverstraw (village), Ossining (township), Upper Nyack and Chestnut Ridge have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Ossining (village) reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| New Rochelle | B− | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| Greece | C+ | 1.5 | 19.1 |
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| Cheektowaga | D | 2.3 | 33.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Clarkstown’s population (89,659), by grade.
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 Clarkstown. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Clarkstown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (81,817 in 2025); our figure for Clarkstown is 89,659 (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 Clarkstown
Is Clarkstown, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clarkstown reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #148 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.9 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 Clarkstown?
0.9 violent and 16.4 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 crime going up or down in Clarkstown?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Clarkstown in 2025?
Clarkstown’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Clarkstown safer than Ramapo?
Ramapo reports less crime per resident than Clarkstown: Ramapo grades A− for safety and Clarkstown B−. Ramapo’s police reported 0.7 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clarkstown?
Clarkstown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clarkstown 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.