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Safety in East Fishkill · FBI data, 2023–2025

East Fishkill reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by East Fishkill’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #50 of 236 graded towns in New York.

Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (5.0)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
3.8
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (21.1)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
384
46 violent · 338 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 East Fishkill

East Fishkill reports less crime than every graded town next door

Of the 6 New York towns on East Fishkill’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Kent (A). Wappinger, Beekman, LaGrange and Pawling have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Fishkill reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓

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

Safety Grade

What’s behind East Fishkill’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 East Fishkill sits
A− Violent 0.5A Property 3.8
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 89%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New York towns we grade (236)Less crime than 79% · #50 of 236
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,371)Less crime than 98%
A firm grade. Built on 384 reported crimes over three years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn’t change the letter.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

East Fishkill’s police reported 46 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 3 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 (3.3)Violent crime (0.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

East Fishkill0.7
Rest of NY4.9
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

East Fishkill3.3
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
YearEast Fishkill propertyRest of New York propertyEast Fishkill violentRest of New York violent
20225.120.00.25.6
20234.022.30.55.1
20244.121.30.35.0
20253.319.70.74.9

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

120 crimes reported in 2025

22 violent and 98 property, as reported to the FBI by East Fishkill’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft85
Burglary9
Vehicle theft4
Aggravated assault18
Robbery2
Rape2
Homicide0
Arson0
22
violent crimes
98
property crimes

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

On the roads

14 people died in crashes on East Fishkill’s roads in 2019–2023

East Fishkill had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 9.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.5, 116 towns).

14
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
2
pedestrians among them
1
cyclist among them
9.4
per 100,000 a year · New York towns of 25,000–100,000: 4.5

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

East Fishkill 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
East FishkillA0.53.8
Wappinger———
Fishkill———
KentA0.63.3
Beekman———
LaGrange———
Pawling———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wappinger, Beekman, LaGrange and Pawling have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Fishkill reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.

New York towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
East FishkillA0.53.8
GlenvilleB0.611.2
Orchard ParkB0.612.2
North TonawandaB1.510.6
MiddletownC3.512.7
GatesC−1.627.9

The five graded New York towns closest to East Fishkill’s population (29,801), 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 East Fishkill. 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 East Fishkill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,764 in 2025); our figure for East Fishkill is 29,801 (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 East Fishkill

Is East Fishkill, NY safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Fishkill reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #50 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.5 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 East Fishkill?

0.5 violent and 3.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.

Is crime going up or down in East Fishkill?

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

How many homicides were there in East Fishkill in 2025?

East Fishkill’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 East Fishkill safer than Kent?

Kent reports more crime per resident than East Fishkill: Kent grades A for safety and East Fishkill A. Kent’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices East Fishkill?

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