Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Hempstead, without a grade
For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Hempstead itself, so it has no Safety Grade. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 6 graded neighbors. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Freeport, 2 miles away, graded B.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | B | 2 mi | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| Rockville Centre | A | 3 mi | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Long Beach | A | 4 mi | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Hempstead | C | 5 mi | 4.7 | 10.5 |
| Garden City | A− | 7 mi | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Floral Park | A− | 8 mi | 0.9 | 5.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hempstead. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hempstead.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
82 of the 203 people who died in crashes on Hempstead’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Hempstead had 199 fatal crashes in five years, in which 203 people died. 8 of those killed were cyclists.
That is 5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New York towns of 100,000+ people (6.3, 16 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Hempstead has the 6th lowest rate.
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.
Hempstead and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Bay | — | — | — |
| New York City | D | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| North Hempstead | — | — | — |
| Lawrence | — | — | — |
| Garden City | A− | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Valley Stream | — | — | — |
| Atlantic Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oyster Bay, North Hempstead, Lawrence, Valley Stream and Atlantic Beach have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Hempstead
Is Hempstead, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hempstead. Hempstead has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Freeport (B, 2 mi), Rockville Centre (A, 3 mi), Long Beach (A, 4 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hempstead.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.