Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Greece fell 37% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Greece grades C+ for safety (#170 of 236 graded towns in New York): more crime per resident than 64% 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 Greece
Greece reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 New York towns on Greece’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Gates (C−), Rochester (D). Parma has no FBI figures of its 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 Greece’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Greece’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
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 | Greece property | Rest of New York property | Greece violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.7 | 19.9 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 24.0 | 22.2 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 14.4 | 19.7 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Greece’s police reported 423 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 | Greece | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
1,513 crimes reported in 2025
157 violent and 1,356 property, as reported to the FBI by Greece’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
14 people died in crashes on Greece’s roads in 2019–2023
Greece had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 2.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.5, 116 towns).
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.
Greece 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. Parma has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | C+ | 1.5 | 19.1 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| Cheektowaga | D | 2.3 | 33.7 |
| Albany | D | 8.8 | 29.6 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Greece’s population (94,484), 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 Greece. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Greece’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (94,168 in 2025); our figure for Greece is 94,484 (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 Greece
Is Greece, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greece reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #170 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 1.5 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 Greece?
1.5 violent and 19.1 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 crime going up or down in Greece?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Greece in 2025?
Greece’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 Greece safer than Rochester?
Rochester reports more crime per resident than Greece: Rochester grades D for safety and Greece C+. Rochester’s police reported 6.3 violent and 37.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Greece?
Greece’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greece 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.