Photo: Juliancolton · Public domainMore property crime is recorded per resident in Poughkeepsie than in 83% of U.S. towns
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. By contrast, the graded rate fell 28% from 2023 to 2025. Poughkeepsie’s overall Safety Grade is C (#187 of 236 graded towns in New York): more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 1.6 violent crimes and 23.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 5.0 and 21.0 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 Poughkeepsie
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New York towns on Poughkeepsie’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Marlborough (A+), Hyde Park (A), Lloyd (B+), Poughkeepsie (C−). LaGrange, Wappinger and Pleasant Valley have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Poughkeepsie is home to Marist University, with 5,951 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 18% 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 ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Poughkeepsie’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Poughkeepsie’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Poughkeepsie property | Rest of New York property | Poughkeepsie violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.2 | 19.9 | 1.7 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 26.0 | 22.2 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 25.9 | 21.2 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 18.1 | 19.7 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Poughkeepsie | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Poughkeepsie’s police reported 201 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Poughkeepsie 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
810 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.
67 violent and 743 property, as reported to the FBI by Poughkeepsie’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Poughkeepsie’s roads in 2019–2023
Poughkeepsie had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.5, 116 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.
Poughkeepsie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie | C | 1.6 | 23.3 |
| LaGrange | — | — | — |
| Poughkeepsie (city) | C− | 6.1 | 15.1 |
| Wappinger | — | — | — |
| Hyde Park | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Marlborough | A+ | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Pleasant Valley | — | — | — |
| Lloyd | B+ | 0.8 | 7.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. LaGrange, Wappinger and Pleasant Valley have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie | C | 1.6 | 23.3 |
| Lancaster | B+ | 0.5 | 9.8 |
| Webster | B+ | 0.8 | 8.8 |
| West Seneca | C+ | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| Niagara Falls | D | 5.5 | 26.9 |
| Binghamton | D | 5.8 | 33.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Poughkeepsie’s population (45,986), 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 Poughkeepsie. 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 Poughkeepsie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (40,983 in 2025); our figure for Poughkeepsie is 45,986 (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 Poughkeepsie
Is Poughkeepsie, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Poughkeepsie reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #187 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 1.6 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 Poughkeepsie?
1.6 violent and 23.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Poughkeepsie in 2025?
Poughkeepsie’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Poughkeepsie safer than Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie reports more crime per resident than Poughkeepsie: Poughkeepsie grades C− for safety and Poughkeepsie C. Poughkeepsie’s police reported 6.1 violent and 15.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Poughkeepsie?
Poughkeepsie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Poughkeepsie Town”. 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.