Town of Niagara District School No. 2 · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainNiagara reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Niagara’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #205 of 236 graded towns in New York.
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 Niagara
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New York towns on Niagara’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lewiston (A−), Niagara Falls (D). Wheatfield has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Niagara has 5,412 jobs based in town for 7,668 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Niagara’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Niagara’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Niagara’s police reported 34 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.
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| Year | Niagara | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 38 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Niagara property | Rest of New York property | Niagara violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.1 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 27.2 | 22.2 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 36.2 | 21.2 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 38.1 | 19.7 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
298 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 292 property, as reported to the FBI by Niagara’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Niagara’s roads in 2019–2023
Niagara had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 4 were pedestrians.
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 Niagara’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Niagara’s own rate (10.3) 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.
Niagara and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara | C− | 1.5 | 33.8 |
| Niagara Falls | D | 5.5 | 26.9 |
| Lewiston | A− | 0.4 | 6.4 |
| Wheatfield | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wheatfield has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Niagara. 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 Niagara’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,670 in 2025); our figure for Niagara is 7,668 (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 Niagara
Is Niagara, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Niagara reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #205 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 Niagara?
1.5 violent and 33.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Niagara?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Niagara safer than Niagara Falls?
Niagara Falls reports more crime per resident than Niagara: Niagara Falls grades D for safety and Niagara C−. Niagara Falls’s police reported 5.5 violent and 26.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Niagara?
Niagara’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Niagara Town”. 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.