CrimeMetric

Crime in Lakewood, New York

Major crime in Lakewood is 2.5 times the U.S. rate per resident: 54% lower for persons crimes and 3.0 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
253
2.5 times the U.S. rate
2.4 times the New York rate
down 7.9% in a year
Persons crimes
46
54% below the U.S. rate
58% below the New York rate
down 7.7% in a year
Property crimes
299
3.0 times the U.S. rate
2.8 times the New York rate
down 7.9% in a year
Social disorder
132
32% above the U.S. rate
27% above the New York rate
down 7.0% in a year

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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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 4.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Lakewood for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Lakewood

Lakewood is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 158; the middle half of residents live where it is between 76 and 504.

Map of Lakewood, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10037.6%
  • 100–20026.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+36.4%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm291
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am204
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm261
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am245
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across New York it fell 8.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.9%NY -8.7%-18.4%NY -14.4%
Persons crimes-7.7%NY -7.0%-6.9%NY -7.2%
Property crimes-7.9%NY -9.0%-18.8%NY -16.1%
Social disorder-7.0%NY -5.2%-10.8%NY -6.7%

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.

Similar-size places

Lakewood against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

43 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Lakewood; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Lakewood, NY3,703253
Filer, ID3,70033
Attica, IN3,70225

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Lakewood has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jamestown West (2 mi), is 47% below Lakewood's rate.

Lakewood253
Jamestown4 mi170
Dunkirk26 mi103
Corry, PA20 mi92
Warren, PA20 mi86
Fredonia24 mi82
Westfield20 mi44

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Lakewood

What are the most common crimes in Lakewood?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 78 a year), shoplifting (about 55 a year) and burglary (about 13 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 4.7 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. Lakewood's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Lakewood has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 3,703. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lakewood, New York." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ny/lakewood

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100