West Carthage has less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 95% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 96%. Scored on crimes West Carthage’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A+ for safety. Add to that, its police logs show 0.2 violent crime and 1.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of New York the numbers are 5.0 and 21.0.
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 West Carthage
West Carthage reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 New York towns on West Carthage’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Carthage (A−). Wilna and Champion have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind West Carthage’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 | West Carthage | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Carthage’s police reported 1 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 West Carthage 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 no violent crimes, 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 | West Carthage property | Rest of New York property | West Carthage violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.1 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 22.2 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 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.
1 crime 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.
0 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by West Carthage’s police.
No one died in a crash on West Carthage’s roads in 2019–2023
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 West Carthage’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Carthage’s own rate (0.0) 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.
West Carthage and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Carthage | A+ | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Wilna | — | — | — |
| Carthage | A− | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Champion | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wilna and Champion have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Carthage | A+ | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Windham | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Colchester | A | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Holley | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Quogue | A− | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| St. Johnsville | B | 1.4 | 10.6 |
The five graded New York towns closest to West Carthage’s population (1,721), 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 West Carthage. 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 West Carthage’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,745 in 2025); our figure for West Carthage is 1,721 (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 West Carthage
Is West Carthage, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Carthage reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade. 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 West Carthage?
0.2 violent and 1.7 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 West Carthage safer than Carthage?
Carthage reports more crime per resident than West Carthage: Carthage grades A− for safety and West Carthage A+. Carthage’s police reported 0.7 violent and 4.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Carthage?
West Carthage’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Carthage 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.