Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Oyster Bay, NY
The surrounding 10 miles hold 7 graded places to compare with. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Oyster Bay has nothing to grade it on. The closest graded town is Brookville, 3 miles away, at A.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | A | 3 mi | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Oyster Bay Cove | A+ | 4 mi | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Old Westbury | A | 5 mi | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Old Brookville | A+ | 6 mi | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Hempstead | C | 9 mi | 4.7 | 10.5 |
| Garden City | A− | 9 mi | 0.2 | 8.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Oyster Bay. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Oyster Bay.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
91 people died in crashes on Oyster Bay’s roads in 2019–2023
Oyster Bay had 81 fatal crashes in five years, in which 91 people died; 23 were pedestrians and 5 were cyclists. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for New York towns of 100,000+ people (6.3, 16 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.
Oyster Bay and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hempstead | — | — | — |
| Huntington | — | — | — |
| Lloyd Harbor | — | — | — |
| Glen Cove | A− | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Babylon | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | — | — | — |
| Amityville | B+ | 0.3 | 10.4 |
| Sea Cliff | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hempstead, Huntington, Babylon, North Hempstead and Sea Cliff have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Lloyd Harbor reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Oyster Bay
Is Oyster Bay, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Brookville (A, 3 mi), Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 4 mi), Old Westbury (A, 5 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Oyster Bay.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.