Yonkers, NY crime rate
In 2025 the Yonkers Police Department reported 263.4 violent crimes and 878.4 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, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 14, 2024: 24, 2025: 9 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
- Arson, 2022: unusual change, check the source. 2021: 20, 2022: 6, 2023: 14 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2022 are not shown.
How does Yonkers compare with New York and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Yonkers only.
What offenses were reported in Yonkers, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New York | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 556 | 263.4 | 368.4 | 327.6 | down 30.1% | down 4.6% |
| Murder | 9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 4.1 | up 26.5% | up 7.5% |
| Rape | 31 | 14.7 | 26.6 | 36.1 | up 12.2% | up 5.0% |
| Robbery | 134 | 63.5 | 90.9 | 49.4 | down 33.1% | down 11.7% |
| Aggravated assault | 382 | 181.0 | 248.4 | 238.0 | down 31.8% | down 2.7% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 1,854 | 878.4 | 1,574.8 | 1,534.8 | down 16.2% | up 1.6% |
| Burglary | 244 | 115.6 | 122.2 | 193.6 | down 12.9% | up 10.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,353 | 641.1 | 1,326.8 | 1,144.1 | down 14.0% | down 1.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 248 | 117.5 | 125.8 | 197.0 | down 26.0% | up 16.0% |
| Arson | 9 | 4.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | down 57.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Yonkers 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 | Yonkers | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 276.0 | 387.0 | 308.3 |
| 2022 | 328.7 | 388.7 | 429.4 |
| 2023 | 348.8 | 379.5 | 391.1 |
| 2024 | 376.7 | 362.9 | 389.1 |
| 2025 | 263.4 | 327.6 | 368.4 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Yonkers | United States | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 864.3 | 1,832.3 | 1,047.8 |
| 2022 | 932.2 | 1,973.8 | 1,719.4 |
| 2023 | 1,269.0 | 1,934.1 | 1,802.9 |
| 2024 | 1,048.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,720.0 |
| 2025 | 878.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,574.8 |
Is Yonkers safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Yonkers Police Department reported, 263.4 per 100,000 residents, was lower than New York's 368.4, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 30.1% 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.
In Yonkers, 556 violent crimes were reported to the FBI in 2025, which is 263.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Yonkers Police Department. The rate was below the New York estimate of 368.4 and the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, at 878.4 per 100,000 from 1,854 offenses, was 0.6 times both the state and US rates.
Violent crime fell 30.1% from 2024, when the rate was 376.7, and is down 4.6% from 2021. Property crime fell 16.2% from 2024 to 2025. Since 2021 property crime is up 1.6%.
Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in both periods: 33.1% from 2024 and 11.7% from 2021. Rape rose 12.2% from 2024, to 14.7 per 100,000, which is 0.4 times the US rate. There were 9 homicides in 2025, 4.3 per 100,000.
Aggravated assault fell 31.8% in the last year and made up 69% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft fell 26.0% from 2024, and burglary 12.9%. The arson counts for 2022 and 2024 are flagged as unusual changes, so arson is not compared.
Yonkers sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and switched to NIBRS in 2020. Westchester County Public Safety reports separately, and its cases are not counted here. The department had 3.36 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.36 per 1,000 residents (625 officers, 85 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, Yonkers Police Department (ORI NY0590700), 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)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NY0590700_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Yonkers Police Department (NY0590700): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NY0590700__from-2021-to-2025.json)