CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Yonkers Police Department

Crime in Yonkers, NY

The violent crime rate in Yonkers is 249 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 43% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −17% compared with the previous 12 months.

The Saw Mill River running through a downtown park in Yonkers, New York.
Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

249 per 100,000 residents, per year

525 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−17% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

781 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,648 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−16% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

1,030 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,173 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 211,056, 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 Yonkers sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

249

Yonkers has the 198th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 104 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

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

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Irving, TX259193
Peoria, AZ255194
Anne Arundel County, MD (County Police)255195
Grand Forks, ND255196
Canyon County, ID (Sheriff)251197
Yonkers, NY249198
Bismarck, ND249199
Clearwater, FL248200
Cedar Rapids, IA247201
Hernando County, FL (Sheriff)245202
Charleston, SC245203

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

Yonkers crime map

cities around it
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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 Yonkers Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Yonkers and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Yonkers, 6 have a higher violent crime rate and 2 a lower one. The closest is Paterson, NJ, 16 miles away.

Yonkers and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Yonkers, NY249
Paterson, NJ81316 mi
Stamford, CT15819 mi
Jersey City, NJ46719 mi
New York, NY62520 mi
Newark, NJ42422 mi
Elizabeth, NJ31526 mi
Bridgeport, CT22639 mi
New Haven, CT38855 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 Aug 2026
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
HomicideViolent20.9—−83%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Yonkers Police Department reports separately here. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −17%

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Violent crimes per month in Yonkers, NY, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 202544Sep 202467
Oct 202543Oct 202469
Nov 202541Nov 202458
Dec 202540Dec 202450
Jan 202644Jan 202548
Feb 202650Feb 202537
Mar 202643Mar 202535
Apr 202636Apr 202542
May 202649May 202548
Jun 202646Jun 202556
Jul 202649Jul 202565
Aug 202640Aug 202557

Homicides 2 vs. 12

0123SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug12
Homicides per month in Yonkers, NY, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20250Sep 20241
Oct 20250Oct 20242
Nov 20250Nov 20241
Dec 20251Dec 20240
Jan 20260Jan 20252
Feb 20260Feb 20252
Mar 20260Mar 20250
Apr 20260Apr 20250
May 20260May 20251
Jun 20260Jun 20250
Jul 20260Jul 20251
Aug 20261Aug 20252

1 in 2026 through August, 8 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Yonkers, NY
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 2026401301
Jul 2026491360
Jun 2026461600
May 2026491340
Apr 2026361080
Mar 2026431270
Feb 2026501330
Jan 2026441340
Dec 2025401301
Nov 2025411370
Oct 2025431730
Sep 2025441460
Aug 2025571732
Jul 2025651961
Jun 2025561370
May 2025481641
Apr 2025421510
Mar 2025351420
Feb 2025371302
Jan 2025481752
Dec 2024501700
Nov 2024581701
Oct 2024691912
Sep 2024671591
Aug 2024671951
Jul 2024761900
Jun 2024771920
May 2024671840
Apr 2024621360
Mar 2024731800
Feb 2024562032
Jan 2024561960
Dec 2023612230
Nov 2023531990
Oct 2023572470
Sep 2023631950

How Yonkers compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
61Des Moines, IA6612,257212,933Sep 2026
70Tallahassee, FL6332,444206,918Aug 2026
77Worcester, MA6001,433212,985Jan 2026
84Fayetteville, NC5632,608209,151Aug 2026
116Moreno Valley, CA4351,278215,203Aug 2026
156Sioux Falls, SD3472,123213,449Feb 2026
178Hawaii County, HI (County Police)3021,815210,328May 2026
198Yonkers, NY249781211,056Aug 2026
202Hernando County, FL (Sheriff)245644210,286Aug 2026
220Grand Prairie, TX2231,212210,147Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Yonkers in population, Yonkers 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
35Paterson, NJ8132,185160,567Jul 2026
71New York, NY6252,1898,336,817Jul 2026
113Jersey City, NJ4671,667305,249Aug 2026
115Hartford, CT4412,034122,548Aug 2026
119Newark, NJ4241,560318,638Jul 2026
134New Haven, CT3883,091139,715May 2026
172Elizabeth, NJ3152,057141,194Jul 2026
198Yonkers, NY249781211,056Aug 2026
217Bridgeport, CT2261,167152,588Sep 2026
245Stamford, CT1581,006140,066Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Yonkers 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 Yonkers side by side with Rochester, 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; Yonkers’s rate is 34% below the state’s.

New YorkSyracuseRochesterBuffalo

All 5 cities in New York

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Yonkers safe?

By reported violent crime, Yonkers is well below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 249 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −17% 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 Yonkers?

This site does not have one for Yonkers. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Yonkers compares with nearby places such as Paterson, NJ instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Yonkers?

249 violent and 781 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 2,173 incidents reported to Yonkers Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026.

Is crime in Yonkers going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −17% and property crime −16% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Yonkers had in 2026?

Yonkers Police Department reported 1 homicide from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 8 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 2, or 1 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Yonkers Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NY0590700). 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 Yonkers

12 months to August 2026

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

NY0590700
Source
Yonkers Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NY0590700)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Yonkers 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)