Photo: Alexisrael · CC BY-SA 3.0Ramapo reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ramapo’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #87 of 236 graded towns in New York, and #1 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Ramapo
Ramapo reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 New York towns on Ramapo’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Clarkstown (B−). Chestnut Ridge, Tuxedo (township), Tuxedo (village) and Sloatsburg have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Orangetown and Haverstraw reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Ramapo’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 63% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 78% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Ramapo’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.9 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of New York (3.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of New York
10.2 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (10 reported in 2025), below the rest of New York (134) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Ramapo reports less crime per resident than 100% (#1). Places like 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 Ramapo’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Homicides and robberies
Ramapo’s police reported 1 homicides, 10 robberies and 81 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of New York and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Ramapo | Rest of New York | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.1 | 145 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 10.9 | 132 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 124 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New York.
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| Year | Ramapo property | Rest of New York property | Ramapo violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.4 | 22.4 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 6.3 | 21.4 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 19.8 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 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.
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.
614 crimes reported in 2025
81 violent and 533 property, as reported to the FBI by Ramapo’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
35 people died in crashes on Ramapo’s roads in 2019–2023
Ramapo had 31 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 12 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Ramapo and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramapo | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Clarkstown | B− | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| Chestnut Ridge | — | — | — |
| Orangetown | — | — | — |
| Haverstraw | — | — | — |
| Tuxedo (township) | — | — | — |
| Tuxedo (village) | — | — | — |
| Sloatsburg | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chestnut Ridge, Tuxedo (township), Tuxedo (village) and Sloatsburg have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Orangetown and Haverstraw reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Ramapo. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ramapo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (113,671 in 2025); our figure for Ramapo is 161,564 (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 Ramapo
Is Ramapo, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ramapo reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #87 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.7 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 Ramapo?
0.7 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Ramapo?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Ramapo in 2025?
Ramapo’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Ramapo safer than Clarkstown?
Clarkstown reports more crime per resident than Ramapo: Clarkstown grades B− for safety and Ramapo A−. Clarkstown’s police reported 0.9 violent and 16.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ramapo?
Ramapo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ramapo 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.