No grade for South Lockport, but its recorded crime is here
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Amherst (C), 9 miles away. South Lockport has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Niagara County. The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for South Lockport alone, and no Safety Grade. Widen the search to 25 miles and 18 graded towns turn up.
What stands out about safety in South Lockport
Policed by the county
South Lockport is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for South Lockport. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Amherst (C, 9 mi), North Tonawanda (B, 11 mi), Middleport (A+, 12 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from South Lockport. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Niagara County without police of their own, which include South Lockport.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Niagara County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New York towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | C | 9 mi | 1.3 | 20.6 |
| North Tonawanda | B | 11 mi | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| Middleport | A+ | 12 mi | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Akron | A+ | 12 mi | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Tonawanda | B− | 13 mi | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| Lewiston | A− | 14 mi | 0.4 | 6.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of South Lockport. Nearby towns can differ a lot from South Lockport.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on South Lockport’s roads in 2019–2023
South Lockport had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for New York towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of South Lockport’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Lockport’s own rate (8.7) 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.
South Lockport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lockport has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 South Lockport
Is South Lockport, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for South Lockport. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Amherst (C, 9 mi), North Tonawanda (B, 11 mi), Middleport (A+, 12 mi).
Who polices South Lockport?
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. South Lockport is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Niagara County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in South Lockport.
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.