Photo: UpstateNYer · CC BY-SA 3.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Saratoga Springs than in 68% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 2.2 violent crimes and 16.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of New York. On crimes reported by Saratoga Springs’ police in 2023–2025, it grades C+ for safety: #170 of 236 graded towns in 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 Saratoga Springs
A job center
Saratoga Springs has 22,781 jobs based in town for 28,768 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Saratoga Springs’ 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Saratoga Springs | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Saratoga Springs’ police reported 190 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 Saratoga Springs 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Saratoga Springs property | Rest of New York property | Saratoga Springs violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 17.5 | 22.2 | 2.4 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 21.3 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 13.8 | 19.7 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
465 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.
69 violent and 396 property, as reported to the FBI by Saratoga Springs’ police.
Eight people died in crashes on Saratoga Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Saratoga Springs had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what 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 Saratoga Springs’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Saratoga Springs’s own rate (5.6) 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.
Saratoga Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Springs | C+ | 2.2 | 16.1 |
| Malta | — | — | — |
| Saratoga | — | — | — |
| Greenfield | — | — | — |
| Wilton | — | — | — |
| Milton | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Malta, Saratoga, Greenfield, Wilton and Milton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Springs | C+ | 2.2 | 16.1 |
| Glen Cove | A− | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Glenville | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| New Windsor | B | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| Gates | C− | 1.6 | 27.9 |
| Newburgh | D | 9.7 | 20.7 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Saratoga Springs’ population (28,768), 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 Saratoga Springs. 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 Saratoga Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,789 in 2025); our figure for Saratoga Springs is 28,768 (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 Saratoga Springs
Is Saratoga Springs, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Saratoga Springs reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #170 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 2.2 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 Saratoga Springs?
2.2 violent and 16.1 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.
How many homicides were there in Saratoga Springs in 2025?
Saratoga Springs’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Saratoga Springs?
Saratoga Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Saratoga Springs”. 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.