Photo: Vasiliymeshko · CC BY-SA 4.0Jamestown reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Jamestown’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #221 of 236 graded towns in 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 Jamestown
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New York towns on Jamestown’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Ellicott (C−). Kiantone, Busti and Celoron have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Jamestown is home to Jamestown Community College, with 3,334 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% 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 ↓
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 Jamestown’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Jamestown’s police reported 583 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.0 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 | Jamestown | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
And about 7 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.
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 | Jamestown property | Rest of New York property | Jamestown violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 19.9 | 7.9 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 27.3 | 22.2 | 8.0 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 6.2 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 25.0 | 19.7 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
873 crimes reported in 2025
186 violent and 687 property, as reported to the FBI by Jamestown’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Jamestown’s roads in 2019–2023
Jamestown 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 Jamestown’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jamestown’s own rate (3.5) 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.
Jamestown 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. Kiantone, Busti and Celoron have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown | D | 7.0 | 25.1 |
| Glen Cove | A− | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| New Windsor | B | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| Saratoga Springs | C+ | 2.2 | 16.1 |
| Gates | C− | 1.6 | 27.9 |
| Newburgh | D | 9.7 | 20.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Jamestown’s population (27,663), 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 Jamestown. 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 Jamestown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,461 in 2025); our figure for Jamestown is 27,663 (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 Jamestown
Is Jamestown, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jamestown reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #221 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 7.0 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 Jamestown?
7.0 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Jamestown?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Jamestown in 2025?
Jamestown’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Jamestown safer than Ellicott?
Ellicott reports less crime per resident than Jamestown: Ellicott grades C− for safety and Jamestown D. Ellicott’s police reported 1.3 violent and 30.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jamestown?
Jamestown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jamestown”. 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.