Photo: CaffeineCataloger · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Tarrytown records less crime than 89% of U.S. towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. That puts it at A for safety, judged on crimes Tarrytown’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #50 of 236 graded towns in New York. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.5 violent crime and 3.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.0 and 21.1 in the rest of 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 Tarrytown
Tarrytown reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New York towns on Tarrytown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Irvington (A−), Greenburgh (B−). Mount Pleasant reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Sleepy Hollow has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Orangetown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Tarrytown has 9,337 jobs based in town for 11,890 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 Tarrytown’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Tarrytown | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Tarrytown’s police reported 17 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 Tarrytown 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 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 | Tarrytown property | Rest of New York property | Tarrytown violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.2 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 22.3 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 21.3 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 4.5 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 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.
59 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.
6 violent and 53 property, as reported to the FBI by Tarrytown’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Tarrytown’s roads in 2019–2023
Tarrytown had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 3 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 Tarrytown’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Tarrytown’s own rate (10.2) 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.
Tarrytown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrytown | A | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| Mount Pleasant | — | — | — |
| Sleepy Hollow | — | — | — |
| Irvington | A− | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| Orangetown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mount Pleasant reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Sleepy Hollow has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Orangetown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrytown | A | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Lewisboro | A+ | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Suffern | B | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Dobbs Ferry | B− | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| Dunkirk | C+ | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| Geneva | C− | 4.1 | 25.6 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Tarrytown’s population (11,890), 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 Tarrytown. 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 Tarrytown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,836 in 2025); our figure for Tarrytown is 11,890 (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 Tarrytown
Is Tarrytown, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tarrytown reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #50 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 Tarrytown?
0.5 violent and 3.8 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.
Is Tarrytown safer than Greenburgh?
Greenburgh reports more crime per resident than Tarrytown: Greenburgh grades B− for safety and Tarrytown A. Greenburgh’s police reported 0.7 violent and 14.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tarrytown?
Tarrytown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tarrytown Village”. 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.