Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Hyde Park than in 90% of U.S. towns
Its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident. The grade is A, built on crimes Hyde Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #48 of 236 graded towns in New York. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 3.5, 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 Hyde Park
Hyde Park reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 New York towns on Hyde Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lloyd (B+), Poughkeepsie (C). Clinton, Esopus, Rhinebeck and Pleasant Valley have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Hyde Park is home to Culinary Institute of America, with 3,015 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 13% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hyde Park’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hyde Park | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hyde Park’s police reported 35 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Hyde Park 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Hyde Park property | Rest of New York property | Hyde Park violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 22.3 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 21.3 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 19.7 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
60 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.
13 violent and 47 property, as reported to the FBI by Hyde Park’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Hyde Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Hyde Park had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 11.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.9, 517 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.
Hyde Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Clinton | — | — | — |
| Esopus | — | — | — |
| Poughkeepsie | C | 1.6 | 23.3 |
| Lloyd | B+ | 0.8 | 7.9 |
| Rhinebeck | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Valley | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clinton, Esopus, Rhinebeck and Pleasant Valley have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Ogden | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Garden City | A− | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Mamaroneck | B+ | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Plattsburgh | C+ | 1.5 | 17.7 |
| New Hartford | C− | 0.7 | 31.2 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Hyde Park’s population (21,394), 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 Hyde Park. 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 Hyde Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,429 in 2025); our figure for Hyde Park is 21,394 (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 Hyde Park
Is Hyde Park, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hyde Park reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #48 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.5 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 Hyde Park?
0.5 violent and 3.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Hyde Park safer than Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie reports more crime per resident than Hyde Park: Poughkeepsie grades C for safety and Hyde Park A. Poughkeepsie’s police reported 1.6 violent and 23.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hyde Park?
Hyde Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hyde Park 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.