West Hills is policed by the county: what that means
Oyster Bay Cove itself is graded A+, and no other graded town is as close. West Hills 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 West Hills alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in West Hills
Policed by the county
West Hills 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 West Hills. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New York towns with their own police figures are Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 5 mi), Brookville (A, 7 mi), Northport (A, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Hills. 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 West Hills.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Bay Cove | A+ | 5 mi | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Brookville | A | 7 mi | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Northport | A | 7 mi | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Old Westbury | A | 9 mi | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Old Brookville | A+ | 9 mi | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Amityville | B+ | 10 mi | 0.3 | 10.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of West Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on West Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
West Hills had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is more than 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 West Hills’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Hills’s own rate (22.4) 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 Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Huntington and Oyster Bay have no FBI figures of their 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 West Hills
Is West Hills, NY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for West Hills. The nearest New York towns with a grade are Oyster Bay Cove (A+, 5 mi), Brookville (A, 7 mi), Northport (A, 7 mi).
Who polices West Hills?
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. West Hills 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.