Photo: Joegrimes at English Wikipedia · Public domainWhat is recorded in Clay, and why there is no grade
There are no FBI figures for Clay by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. The closest graded town is Liverpool, 5 miles away, at B. A 10-mile radius takes in 8 places that are graded.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | B | 5 mi | 0.3 | 14.3 |
| Phoenix | A | 6 mi | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Cicero | B+ | 7 mi | 0.4 | 10.2 |
| Geddes | C+ | 7 mi | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| Baldwinsville | B+ | 8 mi | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Central Square | C+ | 8 mi | 0.2 | 21.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Clay. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Clay.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
14 people died in crashes on Clay’s roads in 2019–2023
Clay had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Clay and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schroeppel | — | — | — |
| Lysander | — | — | — |
| Hastings | — | — | — |
| Cicero | B+ | 0.4 | 10.2 |
| Salina | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schroeppel, Lysander, Hastings and Salina have no FBI figures of their 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 Clay
Is Clay, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Clay. Clay 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 Liverpool (B, 5 mi), Phoenix (A, 6 mi), Cicero (B+, 7 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Clay.
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.