Crime in Rochester, New York
Major crime in Rochester is 1.9 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.0 times for persons crimes and 1.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.4% 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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Vandalism stands out most, at 5.3 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Rochester 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 Rochester
The middle half of Rochester residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 117 and 229; the typical (median) resident's is 167.
- 0–501.7%
- 50–10015.9%
- 100–20049.8%
- 200–40029.4%
- 400+3.1%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest at night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 10.4% 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.
Rochester against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
37 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Rochester; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Rochester 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, Irondequoit (3 mi), is 51% below Rochester's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Rochester
What are the most common crimes in Rochester?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 2,787 a year), aggravated assault (about 989 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 975 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 5.3 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. Rochester's figures add up its 212 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Rochester has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 52.9% 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: 205,287. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Rochester, New York." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ny/rochester
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Irondequoit3 mi93
- Brighton4 mi115
- Gates4 mi145
- North Gates5 mi116
- Greece6 mi194
- East Rochester7 mi69
- Fairport10 mi32
- Webster10 mi67