CurrentCrimeMap

Data through June 2026, Rochester Police Department

Crime in Rochester, NY

The violent crime rate in Rochester is 581 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to June 2026, 33% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −4% compared with the previous 12 months.

Rochester City Hall, a former federal building, in Rochester, New York.
Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Jun 2026

Violent crime

581 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,199 reported in the 12 months to Jun 2026

−4% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,554 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,272 reported in the 12 months to Jun 2026

−24% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,135 per 100,000 residents, per year

6,471 reported in the 12 months to Jun 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 206,391, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Rochester sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

581

Rochester has the 80th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 222 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Rochester; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Davenport, IA61175
Syracuse, NY61176
Worcester, MA60077
Lakewood, CO59078
Spokane, WA58179
Rochester, NY58180
Boston, MA57581
Charleston, WV56882
Riverside, CA56883
Fayetteville, NC56384
Modesto, CA55585

The places closest to Rochester in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Rochester crime map

official map linked
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Rochester Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Rochester, NY with its whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes. The nearest covered cities are more than 60 miles away: zoom out to see them, or use the table below.

For where incidents happened, Rochester Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents; it is linked under Official map.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Rochester, 4 have a higher violent crime rate and 4 a lower one. The closest is Buffalo, NY, 66 miles away.

Rochester and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Rochester, NY581
Buffalo, NY71566 mi
Syracuse, NY61175 mi
Erie, PA340145 mi
Allentown, PA234209 mi
Pittsburgh, PA469224 mi
Paterson, NJ813236 mi
Burlington, VT379237 mi
Cleveland, OH1,251238 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Jun 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 236 reported114no year-ago month
  • HomicideViolent, 18 reported8.7−54% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 2,507 reported1,215no year-ago month
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,300 reported630no year-ago month
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 922 reported447no year-ago month
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 490 reported237no year-ago month
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent236114——
HomicideViolent188.7—−54%
TheftProperty2,5071,215——
Vehicle theftProperty1,300630——
Theft from vehiclesProperty922447——
BurglaryProperty490237——
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Rochester Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (10th highest rate of 155), robbery (32nd highest rate of 152) and burglary (65th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

Violent crime −4%

050100150200JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun124105
Violent crimes per month in Rochester, NY, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Jul 2025132Jul 2024170
Aug 2025114Aug 2024134
Sep 2025108Sep 2024124
Oct 2025108Oct 2024109
Nov 202599Nov 202488
Dec 202572Dec 202478
Jan 2026103Jan 202581
Feb 202660Feb 202569
Mar 202667Mar 202577
Apr 2026111Apr 202596
May 2026101May 2025119
Jun 2026124Jun 2025105

Homicides −54%

051015JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun12
Homicides per month in Rochester, NY, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Jul 20251Jul 20248
Aug 20255Aug 202410
Sep 20252Sep 20242
Oct 20253Oct 20242
Nov 20254Nov 20243
Dec 20250Dec 20241
Jan 20261Jan 20252
Feb 20260Feb 20251
Mar 20261Mar 20253
Apr 20260Apr 20251
May 20260May 20254
Jun 20261Jun 20252

3 in 2026 through June, 13 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Jul 2023
Reported crime per month in Rochester, NY
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Jun 20261243741
May 20261013620
Apr 20261114280
Mar 2026674151
Feb 2026603250
Jan 20261033451
Dec 2025723910
Nov 2025994614
Oct 20251085433
Sep 20251085442
Aug 20251145705
Jul 20251325141
Jun 20251054902
May 20251195104
Apr 2025964861
Mar 2025774903
Feb 2025693391
Jan 2025814752
Dec 2024785531
Nov 2024886333
Oct 20241096872
Sep 20241247592
Aug 202413482610
Jul 20241706758
Jun 20241255483
May 20241265086
Apr 20241275343
Mar 20241385131
Feb 2024914823
Jan 20241125644
Dec 20231117753
Nov 20231146941
Oct 20231347473
Sep 20231187263
Aug 20231489389
Jul 20231511,0426

How Rochester compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
3Little Rock, AR1,4634,090205,320Jul 2026
70Tallahassee, FL6332,444206,918Aug 2026
80Rochester, NY5812,554206,391Jun 2026
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
103Amarillo, TX4982,123204,528Jul 2026
178Hawaii County, HI (County Police)3021,815210,328May 2026
194Peoria, AZ2551,091201,962Apr 2026
202Hernando County, FL (Sheriff)245644210,286Aug 2026
220Grand Prairie, TX2231,212210,147Aug 2026
243Overland Park, KS1731,443204,173Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Rochester in population, Rochester included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
51Buffalo, NY7153,379276,384May 2026
71New York, NY6252,1898,336,817Jul 2026
76Syracuse, NY6113,247145,890Aug 2026
80Rochester, NY5812,554206,391Jun 2026
198Yonkers, NY249781211,056Aug 2026

All 5 places in New York on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
10Cleveland, OH1,2513,527363,659Aug 2026
35Paterson, NJ8132,185160,567Jul 2026
51Buffalo, NY7153,379276,384May 2026
76Syracuse, NY6113,247145,890Aug 2026
80Rochester, NY5812,554206,391Jun 2026
112Pittsburgh, PA4692,297306,794Mar 2026
119Newark, NJ4241,560318,638Jul 2026
139Burlington, VT3792,29744,354Oct 2026
162Erie, PA3401,81292,461Jul 2026
211Allentown, PA2341,420127,494Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Rochester by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Rochester side by side with Yonkers, Buffalo or Syracuse, or with any other place.

Other cities in New York

4 city pages, closest first

New York as a whole has 378 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Rochester’s rate is 54% above the state’s.

BuffaloSyracuseYonkersNew York

All 5 cities in New York

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Rochester safe?

By reported violent crime, Rochester is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 581 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to June 2026, −4% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Rochester?

Yes, from the police itself: Rochester Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents (https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=cecd42757c664cc29d2a85f3b9d0da0c). The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Rochester compares with nearby places such as Buffalo, NY instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Rochester?

581 violent and 2,554 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 6,471 incidents reported to Rochester Police Department over the 12 months to June 2026. Violent crime includes 236 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 490 burglaries, 922 thefts from vehicles and 2,507 other thefts.

Is crime in Rochester going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −4% and property crime −24% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Rochester had in 2026?

Rochester Police Department reported 3 homicides from January to June 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 13 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Jun 2026 the count was 18, or 9 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Rochester Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NY0270100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Rochester

12 months to June 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100k
RobberyTaking property by force or threat236114
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal490237
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included922447
Vehicle theft1,300630

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

NY0270100
Source
Rochester Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NY0270100)
Latest complete month
June 2026
History on this site
July 2023 to June 2026 (42 months)
Update schedule
Rochester Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)