Ulster House Hotel · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Shandaken has less violent crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.2 violent crime and 5.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.0 and 21.0 in the rest of New York. Weighing it all, Shandaken earns A for safety (#59 of 236 graded towns in New York), with less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025.
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 Shandaken
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New York towns on Shandaken’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Woodstock (A+), Hunter (A−). Olive and Middletown have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New York towns, closer to the middle
New York’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Shandaken’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 75% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 87% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Shandaken’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Shandaken | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Shandaken’s police reported 2 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Shandaken 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, 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 | Shandaken property | Rest of New York property | Shandaken violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.5 | 20.0 | 0.3 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 22.2 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 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.
15 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.
1 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Shandaken’s police.
One person died in crashes on Shandaken’s roads in 2019–2023
Shandaken had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Shandaken’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Shandaken’s own rate (7.2) 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.
Shandaken and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandaken | A | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Olive | — | — | — |
| Middletown | — | — | — |
| Woodstock | A+ | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Hunter | A− | 0.3 | 6.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Olive and Middletown have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandaken | A | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Coxsackie | A+ | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Florida | A+ | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Akron | A+ | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Sands Point | A | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Lakewood | C | 0.5 | 28.0 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Shandaken’s population (2,813), 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 Shandaken. 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 Shandaken’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,816 in 2025); our figure for Shandaken is 2,813 (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 Shandaken
Is Shandaken, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shandaken reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #59 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.2 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 Shandaken?
0.2 violent and 5.4 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.
Is Shandaken safer than Woodstock?
Woodstock reports less crime per resident than Shandaken: Woodstock grades A+ for safety and Shandaken A. Woodstock’s police reported 0.1 violent and 1.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shandaken?
Shandaken’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shandaken 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.