What the figures say about crime in Pittsfield, NY
The FBI holds no crime figures for Pittsfield alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is New Berlin, 8 miles away, graded A+. Widen the search to 25 miles and 4 graded towns turn up.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Pittsfield. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pittsfield.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Pittsfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Pittsfield had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 Pittsfield’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pittsfield’s own rate (64.9) 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.
Pittsfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Berlin | A+ | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| New Lisbon | — | — | — |
| Edmeston | — | — | — |
| Morris | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Lisbon, Edmeston and Morris have no FBI figures of their 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 Pittsfield
Is Pittsfield, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pittsfield. Pittsfield 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 New Berlin (A+, 8 mi), Oneonta (B+, 15 mi), Hamilton (A+, 20 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Pittsfield.
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.