Syracuse, NY crime rate
In 2025 the Syracuse Police Department reported 612.1 violent crimes and 3,217.5 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.
- Arson, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 24, 2023: 42, 2024: 22 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Syracuse compare with New York and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Syracuse only.
What offenses were reported in Syracuse, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New York | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 893 | 612.1 | 368.4 | 327.6 | down 20.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 13 | 8.9 | 2.4 | 4.1 | down 41.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 72 | 49.4 | 26.6 | 36.1 | down 15.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 199 | 136.4 | 90.9 | 49.4 | up 2.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 609 | 417.4 | 248.4 | 238.0 | down 25.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,694 | 3,217.5 | 1,574.8 | 1,534.8 | down 24.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 779 | 534.0 | 122.2 | 193.6 | down 26.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 3,083 | 2,113.2 | 1,326.8 | 1,144.1 | down 19.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 815 | 558.6 | 125.8 | 197.0 | down 36.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 17 | 11.7 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 23.0% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Syracuse 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
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Syracuse | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 308.3 |
| 2022 | 891.3 | 388.7 | 429.4 |
| 2023 | 815.8 | 379.5 | 391.1 |
| 2024 | 765.3 | 362.9 | 389.1 |
| 2025 | 612.1 | 327.6 | 368.4 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Syracuse | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 1,047.8 |
| 2022 | 3,067.9 | 1,973.8 | 1,719.4 |
| 2023 | 3,865.5 | 1,934.1 | 1,802.9 |
| 2024 | 4,249.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,720.0 |
| 2025 | 3,217.5 | 1,534.8 | 1,574.8 |
Is Syracuse safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Syracuse Police Department reported, 612.1 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 20.0% 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.
Violent crime in Syracuse, as reported to the FBI, came to 893 offenses in 2025, or 612.1 per 100,000 residents covered by the Syracuse Police Department. That was 1.7 times the New York estimate of 368.4, and 1.9 times the US rate of 327.6. For property crime, 4,694 offenses equal 3,217.5 per 100,000, 2.0 times the state figure of 1,574.8.
No data was sent for 2021, so the trend runs from 2022 to 2025. From 2022 to 2025 violent crime fell 31.3%, from 891.3, and from 2024 to 2025 it fell 20.0%. Aggravated assault fell the most of the violent offenses from 2022, 33.4%, and made up 68% of violent crime in 2025.
Robbery was the only violent offense to rise from 2024, up 2.1% to 136.4 per 100,000. The murder rate was 8.9 per 100,000, or 13 homicides, down 41.4% from 2024. Property crime fell 24.3% from 2024 to 2025, and motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 36.1%.
Since 2022 property crime is up 4.9%, and larceny-theft is up 16.4%. Burglary, 534.0 per 100,000, was 4.4 times the state estimate. The 2023 arson count is flagged as an unusual change and is left out of comparisons.
All 12 months were reported for each year from 2022 to 2025. The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office and the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.08 per 1,000 residents (375 officers, 74 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, Syracuse Police Department (ORI NY0330100), 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)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0330100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Syracuse Police Department (NY0330100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NY0330100__from-2021-to-2025.json)