Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime recorded in Cold Spring Harbor, and why it isn’t graded
Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Oyster Bay Cove, 3 miles away, at A+. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 6 graded neighbors.
What stands out about safety in Cold Spring Harbor
Policed by the county
Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 3 mi), Northport (A, 6 mi), Brookville (A, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cold Spring Harbor. 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 Cold Spring Harbor.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Bay Cove | A+ | 3 mi | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Northport | A | 6 mi | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Brookville | A | 7 mi | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Old Brookville | A+ | 8 mi | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Old Westbury | A | 9 mi | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Glen Cove | A− | 10 mi | 1.0 | 5.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Cold Spring Harbor. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cold Spring Harbor.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Cold Spring Harbor’s roads in 2019–2023
Cold Spring Harbor had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Cold Spring Harbor’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cold Spring Harbor’s own rate (12.4) 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.
Cold Spring Harbor and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Harbor | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | — |
| Huntington | — | — | — |
| Laurel Hollow | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lloyd Harbor reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Oyster Bay, Huntington and Laurel Hollow 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 Cold Spring Harbor
Is Cold Spring Harbor, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Cold Spring Harbor. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 3 mi), Northport (A, 6 mi), Brookville (A, 7 mi).
Who polices Cold Spring Harbor?
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor.
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.