Photo: JayHeritageCenter · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime and safety in Rye, NY
Rye has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Port Chester, 1 mile away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B+). Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 20 towns with grades of their own.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Chester | B+ | 1 mi | 0.6 | 8.9 |
| Rye Brook | A | 2 mi | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| White Plains | C+ | 4 mi | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| Rye (city) | A+ | 4 mi | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Scarsdale | A | 5 mi | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Mamaroneck (village) | B+ | 5 mi | 0.9 | 9.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Rye. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rye.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Rye’s roads in 2019–2023
Rye had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rye’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rye’s own rate (0.8) 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.
Rye and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Brook | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Harrison | — | — | — |
| Mamaroneck (township) | — | — | — |
| Port Chester | B+ | 0.6 | 8.9 |
| Rye (city) | A+ | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Mamaroneck (village) | B+ | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| North Castle | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Harrison has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Mamaroneck (township) reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. North Castle reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Rye
Is Rye, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Rye. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Port Chester (B+, 1 mi), Rye Brook (A, 2 mi), White Plains (C+, 4 mi).
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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.