Jean Hasbrouck House · Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 45% per resident in New Paltz from 2023 to 2025
Its letter overall is A− (#91 of 236 graded towns in New York): less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Add to that, typical years here bring 0.7 violent crime plus 6.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.0 plus 21.1 in the rest of New York. It has less violent crime than 79% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 70%.
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 New Paltz
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 New York towns on New Paltz’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Rosendale (A+), Lloyd (B+). Marbletown, Gardiner, Esopus and Rochester have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so New Paltz’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 61% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 77% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 New Paltz’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 | New Paltz property | Rest of New York property | New Paltz violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 22.2 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 21.3 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | New Paltz | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New Paltz’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in New Paltz 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
85 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
8 violent and 77 property, as reported to the FBI by New Paltz’s police.
Four people died in crashes on New Paltz’s roads in 2019–2023
New Paltz had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 New Paltz’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Paltz’s own rate (5.2) 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.
New Paltz and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Marbletown, Gardiner, Esopus and Rochester have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Paltz | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Stony Point | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Lewiston | A− | 0.4 | 6.4 |
| Floral Park | A− | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Oneonta | B+ | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Batavia | C− | 3.7 | 20.5 |
The five graded New York towns closest to New Paltz’s population (15,636), 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 New Paltz. 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 New Paltz’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,949 in 2025); our figure for New Paltz is 15,636 (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 New Paltz
Is New Paltz, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Paltz reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #91 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.7 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 New Paltz?
0.7 violent and 6.8 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.
Is New Paltz safer than Lloyd?
Lloyd reports more crime per resident than New Paltz: Lloyd grades B+ for safety and New Paltz A−. Lloyd’s police reported 0.8 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Paltz?
New Paltz’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Paltz Town and Village Police Department”. 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.