Photo: Sean Helling · CC BY-SA 4.0No grade for East Meadow, but its recorded crime is here
There are 10 graded towns within 10 miles. Hempstead, 3 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C). East Meadow has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Nassau County. The Nassau 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 East Meadow alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in East Meadow
Policed by the county
East Meadow is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for East Meadow. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Hempstead (C, 3 mi), Garden City (A−, 5 mi), Freeport (B, 5 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Meadow. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Nassau County without police of their own, which include East Meadow.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Nassau County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Nassau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hempstead | C | 3 mi | 4.7 | 10.5 |
| Garden City | A− | 5 mi | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Freeport | B | 5 mi | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| Old Westbury | A | 5 mi | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Rockville Centre | A | 6 mi | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Brookville | A | 6 mi | 0.2 | 5.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of East Meadow. Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Meadow.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Seven people died in crashes on East Meadow’s roads in 2019–2023
East Meadow had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of East Meadow’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Meadow’s own rate (3.8) 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 Meadow and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Westbury has no FBI figures of its 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 East Meadow
Is East Meadow, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for East Meadow. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Hempstead (C, 3 mi), Garden City (A−, 5 mi), Freeport (B, 5 mi).
Who polices East Meadow?
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. East Meadow is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Nassau County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in East Meadow.
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.