Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Goshen runs lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Add to that, the graded rate fell 39% from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Goshen’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety: #41 of 236 graded towns in New York. The yearly rates were 0.3 violent crime and 3.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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 Goshen
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on Goshen’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Florida (A+), Blooming Grove (A−), Chester (B+), Wallkill (B+). Wawayanda and Hamptonburgh have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Warwick and Chester (township) reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Goshen has 10,545 jobs based in town for 14,525 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Goshen’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 | Goshen property | Rest of New York property | Goshen violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.6 | 20.0 | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 21.3 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 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 | Goshen | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Goshen’s police reported 8 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 Goshen 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.
29 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.
1 violent and 28 property, as reported to the FBI by Goshen’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Goshen’s roads in 2019–2023
Goshen had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is more than 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 Goshen’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Goshen’s own rate (12.4) 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.
Goshen and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Wawayanda | — | — | — |
| Warwick | — | — | — |
| Florida | A+ | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Chester (township) | — | — | — |
| Hamptonburgh | — | — | — |
| Blooming Grove | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Wallkill | B+ | 0.3 | 9.4 |
| Chester (village) | B+ | 0.5 | 8.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wawayanda and Hamptonburgh have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Warwick and Chester (township) reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Glens Falls | B+ | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| Depew | B− | 1.2 | 15.2 |
| Kenmore | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Gloversville | C+ | 2.8 | 11.8 |
| Johnson City | D | 3.3 | 40.1 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Goshen’s population (14,525), 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 Goshen. 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 Goshen’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,619 in 2025); our figure for Goshen is 14,525 (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 Goshen
Is Goshen, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Goshen reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #41 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.3 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 Goshen?
0.3 violent and 3.8 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.
Is Goshen safer than Florida?
Florida reports less crime per resident than Goshen: Florida grades A+ for safety and Goshen A. Florida’s police reported 0.1 violent and 1.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Goshen?
Goshen’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Goshen 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.