Friendship Free Library · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Friendship runs lower than in almost every U.S. town
The grade is A+, built on crimes Friendship’s police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, on violence it beats 98% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 98%. Each year brought 1.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents (21.0 in the rest of New York). The graded rate fell 100% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Friendship
Friendship reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 New York towns on Friendship’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cuba (B+). Amity, Belfast and Wirt have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Friendship’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Friendship property | Rest of New York property | Friendship violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 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 Friendship 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
0 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.
0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Friendship’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Friendship | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Friendship’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
One person died in crashes on Friendship’s roads in 2019–2023
Friendship had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Friendship’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Friendship’s own rate (12.2) 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.
Friendship and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Amity | — | — | — |
| Cuba | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Belfast | — | — | — |
| Wirt | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Amity, Belfast and Wirt have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Old Brookville | A+ | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Boonville | A | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Cambridge | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Webb | A | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| Central Square | C+ | 0.2 | 21.5 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Friendship’s population (1,926), 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 Friendship. 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 Friendship’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,927 in 2025); our figure for Friendship is 1,926 (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 Friendship
Is Friendship, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Friendship reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 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 Friendship?
0.0 violent and 1.2 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.
Is Friendship safer than Cuba?
Cuba reports more crime per resident than Friendship: Cuba grades B+ for safety and Friendship A+. Cuba’s police reported 1.1 violent and 8.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Friendship?
Friendship’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Friendship 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.