Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Old Westbury reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 81% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 88%. On top of that, a Safety Grade of A follows from crimes Old Westbury’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #50 of 236 graded towns in New York. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.6 violent crime and 3.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of 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 Old Westbury
Old Westbury reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 New York towns on Old Westbury’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Brookville (A). East Hills, Westbury, Oyster Bay, North Hempstead and Mineola have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Old Westbury is home to New York Institute of Technology, with 6,597 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 32% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Old Westbury has 5,344 jobs based in town for 5,071 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 Old Westbury’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Old Westbury | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Old Westbury’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Old Westbury 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 | Old Westbury property | Rest of New York property | Old Westbury violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.7 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 22.2 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 21.3 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 19.7 | 0.8 | 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.
18 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.
4 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Old Westbury’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Old Westbury’s roads in 2019–2023
Old Westbury had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for New York towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Old Westbury’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Old Westbury’s own rate (23.6) 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.
Old Westbury and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Westbury | A | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| East Hills | — | — | — |
| Brookville | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Westbury | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | — | — | — |
| Mineola | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Hills, Westbury, Oyster Bay, North Hempstead and Mineola have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Westbury | A | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Elmsford | A+ | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Pound Ridge | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Alfred | A | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Ardsley | A− | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Liberty | D | 7.9 | 18.8 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Old Westbury’s population (5,071), 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 Old Westbury. 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 Old Westbury’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,134 in 2025); our figure for Old Westbury is 5,071 (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 Old Westbury
Is Old Westbury, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Old Westbury reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #50 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.6 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 Old Westbury?
0.6 violent and 3.4 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 Old Westbury safer than Brookville?
Brookville reports more crime per resident than Old Westbury: Brookville grades A for safety and Old Westbury A. Brookville’s police reported 0.2 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Old Westbury?
Old Westbury’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Old Westbury 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.