Rochester, NY crime rate
In 2025 the Rochester Police Department reported 572.2 violent crimes and 2,818.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for New York and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 1,389, 2023: 4,891, 2024: 2,524 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Rochester compare with New York and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Rochester only.
What offenses were reported in Rochester, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New York | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,181 | 572.2 | 368.4 | 327.6 | down 17.1% | down 26.6% |
| Murder | 28 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | down 39.0% | down 62.8% |
| Rape | 54 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 36.1 | down 1.9% | down 27.4% |
| Robbery | 268 | 129.9 | 90.9 | 49.4 | down 28.4% | down 30.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 831 | 402.6 | 248.4 | 238.0 | down 12.4% | down 22.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 5,816 | 2,818.0 | 1,574.8 | 1,534.8 | down 20.3% | down 1.0% |
| Burglary | 585 | 283.4 | 122.2 | 193.6 | down 35.8% | down 32.1% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,494 | 1,692.9 | 1,326.8 | 1,144.1 | down 6.7% | down 7.9% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,677 | 812.5 | 125.8 | 197.0 | down 33.7% | up 59.3% |
| Arson | 60 | 29.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 45.5% | down 63.7% |
Reported = offenses known to the Rochester Police Department and sent to the FBI. New York and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Rochester | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 779.1 | 387.0 | 308.3 |
| 2022 | 762.4 | 388.7 | 429.4 |
| 2023 | 733.5 | 379.5 | 391.1 |
| 2024 | 690.0 | 362.9 | 389.1 |
| 2025 | 572.2 | 327.6 | 368.4 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Rochester | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,846.1 | 1,832.3 | 1,047.8 |
| 2022 | 3,680.5 | 1,973.8 | 1,719.4 |
| 2023 | 5,161.9 | 1,934.1 | 1,802.9 |
| 2024 | 3,534.3 | 1,761.1 | 1,720.0 |
| 2025 | 2,818.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,574.8 |
Is Rochester safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Rochester Police Department reported, 572.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than New York's 368.4, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 17.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
With 1,181 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, Rochester's rate was 572.2 per 100,000 residents covered by the Rochester Police Department. That is 1.6 times the New York estimate of 368.4 and 1.7 times the US rate of 327.6. The property crime rate, 2,818.0, was 1.8 times both the state's 1,574.8 and the national 1,534.8.
Both violent and property crime fell from 2024 to 2025, by 17.1% and 20.3%. Violent crime is 26.6% below its 2021 rate of 779.1, and property crime 1.0% below 2,846.1. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses in both periods, 62.8% from 2021 and 39.0% from 2024, to 13.6 per 100,000, or 28 homicides.
Rape, at 26.2 per 100,000, was below both the state estimate of 26.6 and the US rate of 36.1. Robbery fell 28.4% in the last year. Motor vehicle theft rose the most of the property offenses from 2021 to 2025, 59.3%, and stands at 812.5 per 100,000, 6.5 times the state estimate.
The 2023 motor vehicle theft count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is not compared. Arson fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 63.7%. The department reported every month of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 2021.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports separately, and its cases are not in these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.49 per 1,000 residents (622 officers, 98 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other New York cities
The nearest New York cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Rochester Police Department (ORI NY0270100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, New York and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0270100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Rochester Police Department (NY0270100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NY0270100__from-2021-to-2025.json)