Photo: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0New York Mills is about average among U.S. towns for recorded crime
In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put New York Mills at B− (#144 of 236 graded towns in New York State): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Behind the grade sit 1.7 violent crimes and 13.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 5.0 and 21.0 in the rest of New York State. Add to that, its 3 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NY” is every other New York State 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 York Mills
New York Mills reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 New York State towns on New York Mills’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: New Hartford (C−), Utica (D), Yorkville (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind New York Mills’ 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.0) 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 York Mills | Rest of New York State | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New York Mills’ police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in New York Mills 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 York Mills property | Rest of New York State property | New York Mills violent | Rest of New York State violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 12.6 | 22.2 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 19.7 | 2.2 | 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 State.
45 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.
7 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by New York Mills’ police.
No one died in a crash on New York Mills’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New York State towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New York Mills’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New York Mills’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.
New York Mills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mills | B− | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| Yorkville | D | 4.1 | 43.2 |
| New Hartford | C− | 0.7 | 31.2 |
| Utica | D | 4.8 | 29.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New York State towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mills | B− | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| Maybrook | A+ | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Carthage | A− | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Cuba | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Palmyra | B | 0.7 | 12.7 |
| Tupper Lake | C | 1.8 | 22.4 |
The five graded New York State towns closest to New York Mills’ population (3,162), 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 York Mills. 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 York Mills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,180 in 2025); our figure for New York Mills is 3,162 (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 York Mills
Is New York Mills, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New York Mills reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #144 of 236 in New York State. Its police reported 1.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in New York Mills?
1.7 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York State reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is New York Mills safer than Yorkville?
Yorkville reports more crime per resident than New York Mills: Yorkville grades D for safety and New York Mills B−. Yorkville’s police reported 4.1 violent and 43.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New York Mills?
New York Mills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New York Mills 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.