Lake Grove goes ungraded: its recorded crime
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Northport (A), 12 miles away. Lake Grove has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. A 25-mile circle around it holds 6 towns with a grade.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northport | A | 12 mi | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Oyster Bay Cove | A+ | 20 mi | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Amityville | B+ | 20 mi | 0.3 | 10.4 |
| Riverhead | C | 22 mi | 1.1 | 21.8 |
| Brookville | A | 24 mi | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Westhampton Beach | B+ | 25 mi | 0.6 | 8.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Grove. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Grove.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Lake Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Grove had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Lake Grove’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Grove’s own rate (7.2) 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.
Lake Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven | — | — | — |
| Smithtown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brookhaven and Smithtown 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 Lake Grove
Is Lake Grove, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lake Grove. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Northport (A, 12 mi), Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 20 mi), Amityville (B+, 20 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lake Grove.
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.