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Safety in Deerpark · FBI data, 2023–2025

Deerpark reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Deerpark’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #67 of 236 graded towns in New York.

Violent crime
0.7
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (5.0)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
4.0
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (21.1)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
104
16 violent · 88 property
2023–2025
Trend
→ Steady
2023 to 2025
within ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Deerpark

1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime

Of the 5 New York towns on Deerpark’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Mount Hope (A+), Port Jervis (C). Lumberland, Greenville and Mamakating have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓

Among New York towns, closer to the middle

New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Deerpark’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 72% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 85% nationally. Safety Grade ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Deerpark’s grade

Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.

Where Deerpark sits
A− Violent 0.7A Property 4.0
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 85%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New York towns we grade (236)Less crime than 72% · #67 of 236
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (3,282)Less crime than 85%
A fairly firm grade. Built on 104 reported crimes over three years. Ordinary swings could put Deerpark anywhere from A− to A.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Deerpark’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 4 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.

Property crime (4.2)Violent crime (0.9)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Deerpark0.9
Rest of NY4.9
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Deerpark4.2
Rest of NY19.7
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

Trend

Reported crime is steady

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.

Show as a table
YearDeerpark propertyRest of New York propertyDeerpark violentRest of New York violent
20224.420.00.45.6
20234.222.20.45.1
20243.521.30.85.0
20254.219.70.94.9

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

38 crimes reported in 2025

7 violent and 31 property, as reported to the FBI by Deerpark’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft22
Burglary5
Vehicle theft4
Aggravated assault5
Robbery1
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson1
7
violent crimes
31
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

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

Deerpark had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

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 Deerpark’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Deerpark’s own rate (18.8) is context, not a ranking.

7
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
18.8
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

Deerpark and its neighbors

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

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
DeerparkA0.74.0
Port JervisC4.115.4
Lumberland———
Mount HopeA+0.12.2
Greenville———
Mamakating———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lumberland, Greenville and Mamakating have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

New York towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
DeerparkA0.74.0
EdenA0.43.5
NorthportA0.15.3
Hudson FallsB+2.13.5
ScotiaB−1.212.0
IlionC2.716.9

The five graded New York towns closest to Deerpark’s population (7,433), by grade.

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.
  • One number for all of Deerpark. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Deerpark’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,374 in 2025); our figure for Deerpark is 7,433 (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 Deerpark

Is Deerpark, NY safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Deerpark reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #67 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.7 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 Deerpark?

0.7 violent and 4.0 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 Deerpark?

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.

Is Deerpark safer than Port Jervis?

Port Jervis reports more crime per resident than Deerpark: Port Jervis grades C for safety and Deerpark A. Port Jervis’s police reported 4.1 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Deerpark?

Deerpark’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Deerpark 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.