CrimeMetric

Crime in Watervliet, New York

Major crime in Watervliet is 12% above the U.S. rate per resident: 22% lower for persons crimes and 19% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
112
12% above the U.S. rate
about the New York rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
78
22% below the U.S. rate
29% below the New York rate
down 5.5% in a year
Property crimes
119
19% above the U.S. rate
12% above the New York rate
down 8.4% in a year
Social disorder
113
13% above the U.S. rate
9% above the New York rate
down 5.5% 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

Other larceny stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Watervliet

The middle half of Watervliet residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 79 and 127; the typical (median) resident's is 96.

Map of Watervliet, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10051.1%
  • 100–20048.9%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm98
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am130
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm107
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am114
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across New York it fell 8.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%NY -8.7%-16.3%NY -14.4%
Persons crimes-5.5%NY -7.0%-5.4%NY -7.2%
Property crimes-8.4%NY -9.0%-17.9%NY -16.1%
Social disorder-5.5%NY -5.2%-7.9%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

Watervliet against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

545 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Watervliet; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Valley, AL10,298222
Riverdale, IL10,287145
Watervliet, NY10,291112
Safford, AZ10,28694
Alpena, MI10,28372
Tecumseh, MI10,28226

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

Nearby places

Watervliet has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Green Island (2 mi), is 72% below Watervliet's rate.

Latham3 mi197
Troy2 mi172
Watervliet112
Menands3 mi93
Cohoes3 mi65

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

Questions about crime in Watervliet

What are the most common crimes in Watervliet?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 103 a year), shoplifting (about 27 a year) and burglary (about 21 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 2.0 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. Watervliet's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Watervliet 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: 10,291. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100