Photo: Jim.henderson · Public domainMount Vernon sees more violent crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Mount Vernon scores C− (#199 of 236 graded towns in New York): more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Police counts work out at 5.2 violent crimes and 14.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of New York they are 5.0 and 21.1. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 13% from 2023 to 2025. Next door, 5 of 7 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Mount Vernon
5 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on Mount Vernon’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Pelham (A), Bronxville (A), Eastchester (A), New Rochelle (B−), Yonkers (C+), Pelham Manor (C−), New York City (D). Pelham (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Mount Vernon’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. Its property rate (14.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Mount Vernon property | Rest of New York property | Mount Vernon violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 20.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 16.3 | 22.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 21.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 13.8 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Mount Vernon 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 5 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 | Mount Vernon | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mount Vernon’s police reported 1,104 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,339 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.
354 violent and 985 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Vernon’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Mount Vernon’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Vernon had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is fewer than 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 Mount Vernon’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Vernon’s own rate (1.1) 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.
Mount Vernon and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | C− | 5.2 | 14.9 |
| Yonkers | C+ | 3.1 | 10.4 |
| Pelham (township) | — | — | — |
| Pelham (village) | A | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| New York City | D | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| Pelham Manor | C− | 1.4 | 32.1 |
| Eastchester | A | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Bronxville | A | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| New Rochelle | B− | 1.5 | 12.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pelham (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | C− | 5.2 | 14.9 |
| Southampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Hamburg | B− | 0.6 | 16.4 |
| White Plains | C+ | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| Utica | D | 4.8 | 29.6 |
| Schenectady | D | 6.9 | 30.1 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Mount Vernon’s population (72,304), 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 Mount Vernon. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Mount Vernon’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (71,615 in 2025); our figure for Mount Vernon is 72,304 (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 Mount Vernon
Is Mount Vernon, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Vernon reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #199 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 5.2 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 Mount Vernon?
5.2 violent and 14.9 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.
How many homicides were there in Mount Vernon in 2025?
Mount Vernon’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Mount Vernon safer than Yonkers?
Yonkers reports less crime per resident than Mount Vernon: Yonkers grades C+ for safety and Mount Vernon C−. Yonkers’s police reported 3.1 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mount Vernon?
Mount Vernon’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mount Vernon”. 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.