Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Nassau records less crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
It has less violent crime than 98% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 80%. Counting crimes Nassau’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety. Property crime averaged 4.9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, against 21.0 in the rest of New York. The graded rate rose 794% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Nassau
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 New York towns on Nassau’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Schodack (A). Nassau (township) has no FBI figures of its 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 Nassau’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Nassau property | Rest of New York property | Nassau violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 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 Nassau 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
9 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.
0 violent and 9 property, as reported to the FBI by Nassau’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Nassau | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Nassau’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
No one died in a crash on Nassau’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Nassau’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Nassau’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Nassau and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | A | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| Nassau (township) | — | — | — |
| Schodack | A | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nassau (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | A | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| Black River | A+ | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Vernon | A | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Jordan | A | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Kensington | A | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Allegany | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Nassau’s population (1,077), 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 Nassau. 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 Nassau’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,088 in 2025); our figure for Nassau is 1,077 (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 Nassau
Is Nassau, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Nassau reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 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 Nassau?
0.0 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Nassau safer than Schodack?
Schodack reports less crime per resident than Nassau: Schodack grades A for safety and Nassau A. Schodack’s police reported 0.5 violent and 2.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Nassau?
Nassau’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Nassau 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.