Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Johnson City has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts climbed 59% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 96%. That puts it at D for safety, judged on crimes Johnson City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #221 of 236 graded towns in New York. Year on year, 3.3 violent crimes and 40.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.0 and 21.0 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 Johnson City
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New York towns on Johnson City’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Vestal (C+), Binghamton (D). Union and Dickinson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Johnson City’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Johnson City property | Rest of New York property | Johnson City violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.2 | 19.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 31.2 | 22.2 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 21.2 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 49.3 | 19.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
Crime in Johnson City 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Johnson City | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Johnson City’s police reported 145 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
780 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.
60 violent and 720 property, as reported to the FBI by Johnson City’s police.
One person died in crashes on Johnson City’s roads in 2019–2023
Johnson City had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what 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 Johnson City’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Johnson City’s own rate (1.3) 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.
Johnson City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City | D | 3.3 | 40.1 |
| Union | — | — | — |
| Dickinson | — | — | — |
| Binghamton | D | 5.8 | 33.7 |
| Vestal | C+ | 0.5 | 21.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union and Dickinson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City | D | 3.3 | 40.1 |
| 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 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Johnson City’s population (14,580), 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 Johnson City. 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 Johnson City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,593 in 2025); our figure for Johnson City is 14,580 (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 Johnson City
Is Johnson City, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Johnson City 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 3.3 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 Johnson City?
3.3 violent and 40.1 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 Johnson City safer than Binghamton?
Binghamton reports more crime per resident than Johnson City: Binghamton grades D for safety and Johnson City D. Binghamton’s police reported 5.8 violent and 33.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Johnson City?
Johnson City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Johnson City Village”. 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.