Safest counties for violent crime rate in New York

Top 25 of 62 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in New York
Rank	County	Value
1	Essex	26.5 per 100k
2	Schuyler	27.0 per 100k
3	Schoharie	27.9 per 100k
4	Lewis	29.2 per 100k
5	Otsego	30.2 per 100k
6	Clinton	30.3 per 100k
7	Greene	31.6 per 100k
8	Putnam	31.6 per 100k
9	Allegany	38.6 per 100k
10	Livingston	44.2 per 100k
11	Suffolk	44.7 per 100k
12	Delaware	47.4 per 100k
13	Franklin	52.7 per 100k
14	Tioga	53.2 per 100k
15	Yates	55.6 per 100k
16	Columbia	58.3 per 100k
17	Hamilton	59.0 per 100k
18	Wyoming	63.6 per 100k
19	Washington	65.8 per 100k
20	Montgomery	66.9 per 100k
21	Warren	67.8 per 100k
22	Ulster	67.9 per 100k
23	Chenango	68.1 per 100k
24	Steuben	68.1 per 100k
25	Saratoga	68.7 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks New York counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in New York (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in New York

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