Crime in Town of Lewiston, New York
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Town of Lewiston at 56% below the U.S. rate per resident: 79% lower for persons crimes and 51% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.7% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Town of Lewiston, with local police incident records for neighborhoods home to 83.8% of residents. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 7.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.7 violent, 6.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Town of Lewiston is lower than 55% of the 482 other New York places and 66% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Town of Lewiston's 12 census block groups for 15,657 residents. How New York residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 74.9%, summary counts only for 17.9% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 7.2% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Town of Lewiston.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Town of Lewiston
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 12 and 20.
- 0–5083.8%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–2005.4%
- 200–40010.9%
- 400+0.0%
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Intimidation stands out most, at 1.9 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 10.7% in a year; across New York it fell 8.7%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; New York in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Town of Lewiston against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,613 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Town of Lewiston's, and 371 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Town of Lewiston has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Lewiston (2 mi), is 4.5 times Town of Lewiston's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Town of Lewiston
Is Town of Lewiston safe?
Town of Lewiston's major-crime index is 44, 56% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 55% of the 482 other New York places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 79% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 51% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Town of Lewiston?
The model expects about 118 major crimes a year in Town of Lewiston, about 7.6 per 1,000 residents, 56% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Town of Lewiston?
Expected major crimes in Town of Lewiston are down 10.7% from a year earlier; across New York they're down 8.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Town of Lewiston?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 66 a year), theft from vehicle (about 13 a year) and burglary (about 10 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Town of Lewiston?
The model expects about 13 thefts from vehicles a year in Town of Lewiston, 68% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Town of Lewiston?
The model expects about 10 motor vehicle thefts a year in Town of Lewiston, 61% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Town of Lewiston safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 35 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 54 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Town of Lewiston higher than the New York average?
Town of Lewiston's major-crime index is 44, 59% below the New York rate per resident. New York as a whole is 106, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Town of Lewiston compare with Lewiston?
Lewiston, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 197, 4.5 times Town of Lewiston's rate per resident. Town of Lewiston's is 44.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Town of Lewiston's figures add up its 12 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Published incident records inform the estimate for neighborhoods home to 83.8% of Town of Lewiston's residents; elsewhere it relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 15,657. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Town of Lewiston, New York." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ny/town-of-lewiston
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