US Post Office-Scotia Station · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Glenville records less violent crime than 80% of U.S. towns
Its 3 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Glenville at B (#120 of 236 graded towns in New York): less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns. The rate the grade counts dropped 23% from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 0.6 violent crime and 11.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 5.0 and 21.1 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 Glenville
Glenville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 New York towns on Glenville’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Rotterdam (C+), Niskayuna (C+), Schenectady (D). Charlton, Amsterdam and Ballston have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Glenville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 49% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 63% 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 Glenville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Glenville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.2) 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
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| Year | Glenville | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glenville’s police reported 43 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Glenville property | Rest of New York property | Glenville violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 22.3 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 11.4 | 21.3 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 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 Glenville 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
229 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.
12 violent and 217 property, as reported to the FBI by Glenville’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Glenville’s roads in 2019–2023
Glenville had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 3 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 Glenville’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glenville’s own rate (3.4) 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.
Glenville and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Charlton, Amsterdam and Ballston have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| East Fishkill | A | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Orchard Park | B | 0.6 | 12.2 |
| North Tonawanda | B | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| Middletown | C | 3.5 | 12.7 |
| Gates | C− | 1.6 | 27.9 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Glenville’s population (29,701), 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 Glenville. 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 Glenville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,440 in 2025); our figure for Glenville is 29,701 (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 Glenville
Is Glenville, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glenville reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #120 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.6 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 Glenville?
0.6 violent and 11.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Glenville in 2025?
Glenville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Glenville safer than Rotterdam?
Rotterdam reports more crime per resident than Glenville: Rotterdam grades C+ for safety and Glenville B. Rotterdam’s police reported 0.8 violent and 18.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Glenville?
Glenville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glenville 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.