Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Colonie records more property crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
The local count comes to 1.4 violent crimes and 32.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 5.0 and 21.0 in the rest of New York. Across all the graded crimes, Colonie lands on C− (#201 of 236 graded towns in New York): more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 20% from 2023 to 2025. Among its 5 neighbors with figures, 4 record less crime per resident.
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 Colonie
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on Colonie’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Waterford (A), Guilderland (B−), Cohoes (C+), Watervliet (C), Albany (D). Halfmoon, Green Island and Clifton Park have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Colonie has 74,730 jobs based in town for 86,837 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Colonie’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Colonie’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Colonie | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Colonie’s police reported 336 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Colonie property | Rest of New York property | Colonie violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.5 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 35.7 | 22.2 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 34.4 | 21.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 28.3 | 19.6 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Colonie per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,452 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
120 violent and 2,332 property, as reported to the FBI by Colonie’s police.
39 people died in crashes on Colonie’s roads in 2019–2023
Colonie had 38 fatal crashes in five years, in which 39 people died; 12 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.1 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.
Colonie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| Watervliet | C | 2.9 | 19.1 |
| Cohoes | C+ | 2.4 | 11.8 |
| Albany | D | 8.8 | 29.6 |
| Guilderland | B− | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| Waterford | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Halfmoon | — | — | — |
| Green Island | — | — | — |
| Clifton Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Halfmoon, Green Island and Clifton Park have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| New Rochelle | B− | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Greece | C+ | 1.5 | 19.1 |
| Cheektowaga | D | 2.3 | 33.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Colonie’s population (86,837), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Colonie. 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 Colonie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (82,328 in 2025); our figure for Colonie is 86,837 (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 Colonie
Is Colonie, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Colonie reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #201 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 1.4 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 Colonie?
1.4 violent and 32.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Colonie in 2025?
Colonie’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Colonie safer than Watervliet?
Watervliet reports less crime per resident than Colonie: Watervliet grades C for safety and Colonie C−. Watervliet’s police reported 2.9 violent and 19.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Colonie?
Colonie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Colonie 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.