Photo: Zotdragon · CC BY 3.0East Greenbush sees less violent crime per resident than two in three U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Still, the graded rate fell 26% from 2023 to 2025. Weighing it all, East Greenbush earns B− for safety (#144 of 236 graded towns in New York), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 1.0 violent crime plus 15.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.0 plus 21.1 in the rest of New York.
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 East Greenbush
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New York towns on East Greenbush’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Schodack (A), Bethlehem (B+), Rensselaer (B−), North Greenbush (B−). Sand Lake has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
East Greenbush has 13,064 jobs based in town for 16,561 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 East Greenbush’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds East Greenbush’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Greenbush | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Greenbush’s police reported 50 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 | East Greenbush property | Rest of New York property | East Greenbush violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 18.7 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 13.5 | 21.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 14.7 | 19.7 | 0.3 | 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 East Greenbush 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
249 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.
5 violent and 244 property, as reported to the FBI by East Greenbush’s police.
Five people died in crashes on East Greenbush’s roads in 2019–2023
East Greenbush had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is about what 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 East Greenbush’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Greenbush’s own rate (6.0) 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.
East Greenbush and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenbush | B− | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| North Greenbush | B− | 0.9 | 14.0 |
| Schodack | A | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Rensselaer | B− | 1.3 | 11.6 |
| Sand Lake | — | — | — |
| Bethlehem | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sand Lake has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenbush | B− | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| Bedford | A+ | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Rye | A+ | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Floral Park | A− | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Geddes | C+ | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| Oswego | D | 2.9 | 30.5 |
The five graded New York towns closest to East Greenbush’s population (16,561), 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 East Greenbush. 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 Greenbush’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,600 in 2025); our figure for East Greenbush is 16,561 (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 Greenbush
Is East Greenbush, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Greenbush reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #144 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 1.0 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 Greenbush?
1.0 violent and 15.6 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 East Greenbush safer than North Greenbush?
North Greenbush reports less crime per resident than East Greenbush: North Greenbush grades B− for safety and East Greenbush B−. North Greenbush’s police reported 0.9 violent and 14.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Greenbush?
East Greenbush’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Greenbush 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.