Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Southampton records less violent crime than 83% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 34% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.5 violent crime and 7.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of New York. Weighing it all, Southampton earns A− for safety (#91 of 236 graded towns in New York), with less crime per resident than 77% 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 Southampton
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 New York towns on Southampton’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Shelter Island (A−), Southold (B+), Riverhead (C). Brookhaven and East Hampton 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 Southampton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 61% of the 236 New York towns we grade, against 77% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Southampton’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Southampton property | Rest of New York property | Southampton violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.3 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 22.3 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 7.6 | 21.3 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 19.8 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Southampton | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Southampton’s police reported 98 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Southampton 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.
353 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.
24 violent and 329 property, as reported to the FBI by Southampton’s police.
40 people died in crashes on Southampton’s roads in 2019–2023
Southampton had 34 fatal crashes in five years, in which 40 people died; 8 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 11.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New York towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.5, 116 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.
Southampton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Riverhead | C | 1.1 | 21.8 |
| Brookhaven | — | — | — |
| East Hampton | — | — | — |
| Southold | B+ | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| Shelter Island | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brookhaven and East Hampton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Hamburg | B− | 0.6 | 16.4 |
| White Plains | C+ | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| Mount Vernon | C− | 5.2 | 14.9 |
| Utica | D | 4.8 | 29.6 |
| Schenectady | D | 6.9 | 30.1 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Southampton’s population (71,601), 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 Southampton. 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 Southampton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (60,934 in 2025); our figure for Southampton is 71,601 (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 Southampton
Is Southampton, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Southampton reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #91 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 0.5 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 Southampton?
0.5 violent and 7.0 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 Southampton in 2025?
Southampton’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Southampton safer than Riverhead?
Riverhead reports more crime per resident than Southampton: Riverhead grades C for safety and Southampton A−. Riverhead’s police reported 1.1 violent and 21.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Southampton?
Southampton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Southampton 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.