Crime in Albany, New York
Major crime in Albany is 2.3 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.6 times for persons crimes and 2.2 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 4.8% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Weapons violations stand out most, at 6.4 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Albany for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Albany
The middle half of Albany residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 103 and 262; the typical (median) resident's is 187. The citywide figure (230) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–507.7%
- 50–10016.7%
- 100–20031.7%
- 200–40030.1%
- 400+13.7%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 4.8% in a year; across New York it fell 8.7%
Change in expected crimes, with New York as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Albany against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
19 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Albany; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Albany has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Roessleville (3 mi), is 18% above Albany's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Albany
What are the most common crimes in Albany?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 1,572 a year), shoplifting (about 704 a year) and aggravated assault (about 553 a year). Compared with the U.S., weapons violations stands out most: 6.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Albany's figures add up its 83 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Albany has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 71.3% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 102,262. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Albany, New York." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ny/albany
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Roessleville3 mi271
- Rensselaer3 mi57
- Loudonville3 mi54
- Menands3 mi93
- Colonie5 mi203
- Westmere5 mi59
- Latham6 mi197
- Watervliet6 mi112