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Safety in Fort Covington · Not graded

Fort Covington has no Safety Grade

For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Fort Covington itself, so it has no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Malone, 12 miles away, graded D. Within a 25-mile drive lie 3 towns that have a grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
MaloneD12 mi4.724.0
MassenaC20 mi1.818.5
NorfolkA+23 mi0.40.7
PotsdamB+31 mi0.78.4
CantonA41 mi0.35.7
Tupper LakeC50 mi1.822.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Fort Covington. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fort Covington.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Fort Covington’s roads in 2019–2023

Fort Covington had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.

That is about what is typical for New York towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fort Covington’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fort Covington’s own rate (28.4) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
28.4
per 100,000 a year · New York towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.1

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

Fort Covington and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Westville———
Bombay———
Bangor———

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

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

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.
  • 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 Fort Covington

Is Fort Covington, NY safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Fort Covington. Fort Covington has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Malone (D, 12 mi), Massena (C, 20 mi), Norfolk (A+, 23 mi).

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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.