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Safety in Plattekill · FBI data, 2023–2025

Plattekill reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Plattekill’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #41 of 236 graded towns in New York.

Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (5.0)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
3.1
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of NY (21.1)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
110
14 violent · 96 property
2023–2025
Trend
→ Steady
2023 to 2025
within ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Plattekill

2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime

Of the 4 New York towns on Plattekill’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Shawangunk (A+), Marlborough (A+), Lloyd (B+). Gardiner 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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Plattekill’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.

Where Plattekill sits
A Violent 0.5A Property 3.1
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 92%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New York towns we grade (236)Less crime than 83% · #41 of 236
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (3,282)Less crime than 93%
A fairly firm grade. Built on 110 reported crimes over three years. Ordinary swings could put Plattekill anywhere from A to A+.
A note on the data.2025 figures come from the FBI's Crime Data Explorer; the FBI's published 2025 table doesn't include this department; the grade uses the figures as published.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Plattekill’s police reported 14 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.0 in the rest of New York and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported

And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (2.8)Violent crime (0.5)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Plattekill0.5
Rest of NY4.9
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Plattekill2.8
Rest of NY19.7
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

Trend

Reported crime is steady

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.

Show as a table
YearPlattekill propertyRest of New York propertyPlattekill violentRest of New York violent
20222.420.00.25.6
20232.922.20.55.1
20243.621.30.45.0
20252.819.70.54.9

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

34 crimes reported in 2025

5 violent and 29 property, as reported to the FBI by Plattekill’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Robbery1
Homicide0
5
violent crimes
29
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Plattekill’s roads in 2019–2023

Plattekill had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Plattekill’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Plattekill’s own rate (3.8) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
3.8
per 100,000 a year · New York towns of 5,000–25,000: 5.9

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.

Next door

Plattekill and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
PlattekillA0.53.1
LloydB+0.87.9
Gardiner———
ShawangunkA+0.00.8
MarlboroughA+0.22.5

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Gardiner has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.

New York towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
PlattekillA0.53.1
StillwaterA0.13.8
CanandaiguaC3.715.5
WatervlietC2.919.1
CorningC−2.525.3
OneidaD4.143.0

The five graded New York towns closest to Plattekill’s population (10,336), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Plattekill. 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 Plattekill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,347 in 2025); our figure for Plattekill is 10,336 (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 Plattekill

Is Plattekill, NY safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Plattekill reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #41 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.5 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 Plattekill?

0.5 violent and 3.1 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 crime going up or down in Plattekill?

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.

Is Plattekill safer than Lloyd?

Lloyd reports more crime per resident than Plattekill: Lloyd grades B+ for safety and Plattekill A. Lloyd’s police reported 0.8 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Plattekill?

Plattekill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Plattekill Town Police Department”. 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.