Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0New Rochelle is about average among U.S. towns for recorded crime
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. Year on year, 1.5 violent crimes and 12.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of New York. Across all the graded crimes, New Rochelle lands on B− (#140 of 236 graded towns in New York): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 New Rochelle
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New York towns on New Rochelle’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Scarsdale (A), Pelham (A), Eastchester (A), Larchmont (B+), Mount Vernon (C−), Pelham Manor (C−). Mamaroneck reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Pelham (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind New Rochelle’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds New Rochelle’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.2) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | New Rochelle | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New Rochelle’s police reported 384 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Rochelle 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | New Rochelle property | Rest of New York property | New Rochelle violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.9 | 20.0 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 13.5 | 22.3 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 11.1 | 21.3 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 19.7 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
1,188 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.
133 violent and 1,055 property, as reported to the FBI by New Rochelle’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on New Rochelle’s roads in 2019–2023
New Rochelle had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 New Rochelle’s size would see about 19 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Rochelle’s own rate (2.2) 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 Rochelle and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Rochelle | B− | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| Eastchester | A | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Scarsdale | A | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Mamaroneck | — | — | — |
| Pelham (township) | — | — | — |
| Pelham (village) | A | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| Pelham Manor | C− | 1.4 | 32.1 |
| Larchmont | B+ | 0.2 | 10.1 |
| Mount Vernon | C− | 5.2 | 14.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mamaroneck reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Pelham (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Rochelle | B− | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Greece | C+ | 1.5 | 19.1 |
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| Cheektowaga | D | 2.3 | 33.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to New Rochelle’s population (85,864), 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 Rochelle. 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 New Rochelle’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (86,892 in 2025); our figure for New Rochelle is 85,864 (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 Rochelle
Is New Rochelle, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Rochelle reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #140 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 1.5 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 Rochelle?
1.5 violent and 12.2 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 New Rochelle in 2025?
New Rochelle’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is New Rochelle safer than Eastchester?
Eastchester reports less crime per resident than New Rochelle: Eastchester grades A for safety and New Rochelle B−. Eastchester’s police reported 0.1 violent and 5.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Rochelle?
New Rochelle’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Rochelle”. 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.