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Safety in Macedon · Not graded

Crime and safety in Macedon, NY

Macedon’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Palmyra (B), 4 miles away. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 3 towns with grades of their own.

Violent crimes
3
reported to the FBI, 2023
Property crimes
165
reported to the FBI, 2023
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Palmyra (B)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported

Property crime (17.8)Violent crime (0.3)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023

Macedon0.3
Rest of NY5.1
U.S. (FBI)3.9

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023

Macedon17.8
Rest of NY22.2
U.S. (FBI)19.5

Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Macedon’s police reported

Show as a table
YearMacedonRest of New YorkMacedonRest of New York
202219.719.90.65.6
202317.822.20.35.1
2024not reported21.3not reported5.0
2025not reported19.7not reported4.9

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New York. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

What gets reported

168 crimes reported in 2023

2023 offenses reported

Larceny / theft141
Burglary19
Vehicle theft5
Aggravated assault1
Robbery1
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
3
violent crimes
165
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

3 violent and 165 property, as reported to the FBI by Macedon’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Palmyra (village)B4 mi0.712.7
FairportA−7 mi0.74.8
East RochesterB9 mi1.011.5
NewarkC−11 mi3.524.6
WebsterB+12 mi0.88.8
CanandaiguaC13 mi3.715.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Macedon. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Macedon.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Macedon’s roads in 2019–2023

Macedon 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 Macedon’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Macedon’s own rate (2.2) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
2.2
per 100,000 a year · New York towns of 5,000–25,000: 5.9

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.

Next door

Macedon and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Walworth———
Palmyra (township)———
Perinton———
Palmyra (village)B0.712.7
Farmington———
Manchester———
Marion———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walworth, Palmyra (township), Perinton, Farmington, Manchester and Marion 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Macedon. 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 Macedon’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,291 in 2023); our figure for Macedon is 9,367 (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 Macedon

Is Macedon, NY safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Macedon. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Palmyra (B, 4 mi), Fairport (A−, 7 mi), East Rochester (B, 9 mi).

Who polices Macedon?

Macedon’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Macedon Town and 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, 2023, 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.