Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Reported crime per resident in Yonkers fell 30% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Yonkers grades C+ for safety (#161 of 236 graded towns in New York, and #56 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Yonkers
5 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New York towns on Yonkers’ borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Tuckahoe (A+), Hastings-on-Hudson (A), Bronxville (A), Eastchester (A), Greenburgh (B−), Mount Vernon (C−), New York City (D). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Yonkers’ police reported 9 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.9 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of New York (3.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of New York
75.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (133 reported in 2025), below the rest of New York (134) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Yonkers reports less crime per resident than 83% (#56). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Yonkers’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Yonkers’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (3.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New York.
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| Year | Yonkers property | Rest of New York property | Yonkers violent | Rest of New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.2 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 12.6 | 22.4 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 10.1 | 21.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 8.6 | 19.9 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Homicides and robberies
Yonkers’ police reported 9 homicides, 133 robberies and 550 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of New York and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Yonkers | Rest of New York | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Yonkers | Rest of New York | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.5 | 154 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 99.7 | 145 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 63.4 | 133 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 63.0 | 124 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
2,369 crimes reported in 2025
550 violent and 1,819 property, as reported to the FBI by Yonkers’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
46 people died in crashes on Yonkers’s roads in 2019–2023
Yonkers had 39 fatal crashes in five years, in which 46 people died; 12 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New York towns of 100,000+ people (6.3, 16 towns).
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.
Yonkers and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers | C+ | 3.1 | 10.4 |
| Eastchester | A | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Mount Vernon | C− | 5.2 | 14.9 |
| New York City | D | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| Bronxville | A | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| Tuckahoe | A+ | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Greenburgh | B− | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| Hastings-on-Hudson | A | 0.2 | 3.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Yonkers. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Yonkers’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (211,056 in 2025); our figure for Yonkers is 212,603 (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 Yonkers
Is Yonkers, NY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Yonkers reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #161 of 236 in New York. Its police reported 3.1 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 Yonkers?
3.1 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New York reports 5.0 and 21.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Yonkers?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Yonkers in 2025?
Yonkers’s police reported 9 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Yonkers safer than Eastchester?
Eastchester reports less crime per resident than Yonkers: Eastchester grades A for safety and Yonkers C+. Eastchester’s police reported 0.1 violent and 5.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Yonkers?
Yonkers’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Yonkers”. 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.