Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0No grade for Wainscott, but its recorded crime is here
Inside a 10-mile circle sit 2 graded neighbors. The closest graded town is Shelter Island, 8 miles away, at A−. Wainscott has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Suffolk County. The Suffolk 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 Wainscott alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Wainscott
Policed by the county
Wainscott is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Wainscott. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Shelter Island (A−, 8 mi), Southampton (B, 9 mi), Southampton (A−, 12 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wainscott. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Suffolk County without police of their own, which include Wainscott.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Suffolk County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Suffolk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelter Island | A− | 8 mi | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| Southampton | B | 9 mi | 0.5 | 12.3 |
| Southampton | A− | 12 mi | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Southold | B+ | 13 mi | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| Quogue | A− | 20 mi | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Westhampton Beach | B+ | 23 mi | 0.6 | 8.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wainscott. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wainscott.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Wainscott’s roads in 2019–2023
Wainscott had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a cyclist.
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 Wainscott’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wainscott’s own rate (32.7) 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.
Wainscott and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton (village) | — | — | — |
| East Hampton (township) | — | — | — |
| Southampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Sag Harbor | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Hampton (village) reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. East Hampton (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Sag Harbor reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Wainscott
Is Wainscott, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wainscott. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Shelter Island (A−, 8 mi), Southampton (B, 9 mi), Southampton (A−, 12 mi).
Who polices Wainscott?
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. Wainscott is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Suffolk County without police of their own.
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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.