Photo: UpstateNYer · CC BY-SA 3.0Niskayuna reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Typical years here bring 0.7 violent crime plus 19.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.0 plus 21.0 in the rest of New York. One of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Niskayuna at C+ (#161 of 236 graded towns in New York): more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved 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 Niskayuna
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New York towns on Niskayuna’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Glenville (B), Colonie (C−), Schenectady (D). Clifton Park 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 Niskayuna’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Niskayuna’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Niskayuna | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Niskayuna’s police reported 53 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 Niskayuna 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Niskayuna property | Rest of New York property | Niskayuna violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 21.3 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 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.
491 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.
13 violent and 478 property, as reported to the FBI by Niskayuna’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Niskayuna’s roads in 2019–2023
Niskayuna had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 8.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.9, 517 towns).
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.
Niskayuna and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niskayuna | C+ | 0.7 | 19.8 |
| Schenectady | D | 6.9 | 30.1 |
| Clifton Park | — | — | — |
| Glenville | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Colonie | C− | 1.4 | 32.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clifton Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niskayuna | C+ | 0.7 | 19.8 |
| Montgomery | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Camillus | B+ | 0.5 | 8.2 |
| Southold | B+ | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| Kingston | C | 3.0 | 14.6 |
| Watertown | D | 5.5 | 39.9 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Niskayuna’s population (24,211), 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 Niskayuna. 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 Niskayuna’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,239 in 2025); our figure for Niskayuna is 24,211 (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 Niskayuna
Is Niskayuna, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Niskayuna reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #161 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 Niskayuna?
0.7 violent and 19.8 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 Niskayuna safer than Schenectady?
Schenectady reports more crime per resident than Niskayuna: Schenectady grades D for safety and Niskayuna C+. Schenectady’s police reported 6.9 violent and 30.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Niskayuna?
Niskayuna’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Niskayuna 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.