Photo: LCM247 · CC BY-SA 4.0Policing Pearl River: who reports, and what
Pearl River has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Rockland County. The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Pearl River alone, and no Safety Grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Spring Valley (C), 4 miles away. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 11 graded neighbors.
What stands out about safety in Pearl River
Policed by the county
Pearl River is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Pearl River. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Spring Valley (C, 4 mi), Piermont (A+, 5 mi), Clarkstown (B−, 5 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pearl River. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Rockland County without police of their own, which include Pearl River.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Rockland County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | C | 4 mi | 3.5 | 17.3 |
| Piermont | A+ | 5 mi | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Clarkstown | B− | 5 mi | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Tarrytown | A | 7 mi | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Ramapo | A− | 7 mi | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Irvington | A− | 8 mi | 0.6 | 4.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Pearl River. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pearl River.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Pearl River’s roads in 2019–2023
Pearl River had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 Pearl River’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pearl River’s own rate (5.0) 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.
Pearl River and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangetown | — | — | — |
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Ramapo | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Chestnut Ridge | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Orangetown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Chestnut Ridge has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Pearl River
Is Pearl River, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pearl River. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Spring Valley (C, 4 mi), Piermont (A+, 5 mi), Clarkstown (B−, 5 mi).
Who polices Pearl River?
The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office. Pearl River is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Rockland County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Pearl River.
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.