Photo: CaptJayRuffins · CC BY-SA 4.0Violent crime per resident is lower in Westhampton Beach than in 81% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Westhampton Beach scores B+: less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents, 0.6 violent crime and 8.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of New York, the figures 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 Westhampton Beach
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 New York towns on Westhampton Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Quogue (A−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Westhampton Beach has 1,865 jobs based in town for 2,273 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 Westhampton Beach’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Westhampton Beach | Rest of New York | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Westhampton Beach’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Westhampton Beach 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 | Westhampton Beach property | Rest of New York property | Westhampton Beach violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 21.3 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 9.3 | 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.
21 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.
0 violent and 21 property, as reported to the FBI by Westhampton Beach’s police.
No one died in a crash on Westhampton Beach’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 Westhampton Beach’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Westhampton Beach’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.
Westhampton Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westhampton Beach | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Quogue | A− | 0.2 | 6.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New York towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westhampton Beach | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Oyster Bay Cove | A+ | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Phoenix | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Pulaski | A− | 0.1 | 7.3 |
| Addison | B+ | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| Liverpool | B | 0.3 | 14.3 |
The five graded New York towns closest to Westhampton Beach’s population (2,273), 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 Westhampton Beach. 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 Westhampton Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,248 in 2025); our figure for Westhampton Beach is 2,273 (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 Westhampton Beach
Is Westhampton Beach, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Westhampton Beach reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.6 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 Westhampton Beach?
0.6 violent and 8.4 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 Westhampton Beach safer than Quogue?
Quogue reports less crime per resident than Westhampton Beach: Quogue grades A− for safety and Westhampton Beach B+. Quogue’s police reported 0.2 violent and 6.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Westhampton Beach?
Westhampton Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Westhampton Beach 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.