US Post Office-East Rochester · Photo: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 37% per resident in East Rochester from 2023 to 2025
Overall, East Rochester grades B for safety (#128 of 236 graded towns in New York): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On violence it beats 68% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 48%. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.0 violent crime and 11.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.0 and 21.0 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 Rochester
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so East Rochester’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 46% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 58% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Rochester’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 Rochester’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.5) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Rochester property | Rest of New York property | East Rochester violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.4 | 20.0 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 13.5 | 22.2 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 21.3 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 8.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Rochester | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Rochester’s police reported 18 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.
Crime in East Rochester 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.
56 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.
2 violent and 54 property, as reported to the FBI by East Rochester’s police.
One person died in crashes on East Rochester’s roads in 2019–2023
East Rochester had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Rochester’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Rochester’s own rate (3.2) 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 Rochester and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Rochester | B | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| Perinton | — | — | — |
| Pittsford | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Perinton and Pittsford have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Rochester | B | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| Elmira | A+ | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Woodstock | A+ | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Horseheads | A− | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| Wappingers Falls | A− | 0.2 | 7.4 |
| Medina | B− | 2.3 | 8.0 |
The five graded New York towns closest to East Rochester’s population (6,132), 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 Rochester. 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 Rochester’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,093 in 2025); our figure for East Rochester is 6,132 (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 Rochester
Is East Rochester, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Rochester reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #128 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 Rochester?
1.0 violent and 11.5 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.
Who polices East Rochester?
East Rochester’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Rochester Village”. 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.