Solvay Public Library · Photo: Crazyale · CC0Geddes reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Geddes grades C+ for safety (#153 of 236 graded towns in New York): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Geddes
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 New York towns on Geddes’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Camillus (B+), Syracuse (D−). Solvay reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Lysander, Salina and Van Buren 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 Geddes’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Geddes’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.5) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Geddes’ police reported 31 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.
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| Year | Geddes | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Geddes property | Rest of New York property | Geddes violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 14.4 | 19.7 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
155 crimes reported in 2025
8 violent and 147 property, as reported to the FBI by Geddes’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Geddes’s roads in 2019–2023
Geddes had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) 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 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Geddes’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Geddes’s own rate (4.8) 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.
Geddes and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Solvay reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Lysander, Salina and Van Buren have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geddes | C+ | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| Bedford | A+ | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Rye | A+ | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Floral Park | A− | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| East Greenbush | B− | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| Oswego | D | 2.9 | 30.5 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Geddes’ population (16,579), by grade.
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 Geddes. 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 Geddes’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,221 in 2025); our figure for Geddes is 16,579 (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 Geddes
Is Geddes, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Geddes reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #153 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 Geddes?
1.0 violent and 17.5 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.
Is crime going up or down in Geddes?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Geddes safer than Syracuse?
Syracuse reports more crime per resident than Geddes: Syracuse grades D− for safety and Geddes C+. Syracuse’s police reported 7.3 violent and 37.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Geddes?
Geddes’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Geddes 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.