Yonkers, NY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Yonkers, NY Summary

Crime in Yonkers research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Yonkers over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Yonkers:

  • There were 2,552 total crimes committed in Yonkers the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,226.3 total crimes per 100K people in Yonkers.
  • The overall crime rate in Yonkers is -47.24% below the national average.
  • Yonkers ranks #258 safest out of 404 cities in New York.
  • Yonkers ranks #4,477 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Yonkers Vs New York And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Yonkers is 1,226.3 per 100,000 people. That's -47.24% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -30.89% lower than the New York total crime rate of 1,774.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Yonkers
/ 100k People
New York
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,552 1,226.3 1,774.5 2,324.2
Murder 2 1.0 4.2 6.3
Robbery 207 99.5 90.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 418 200.9 240.7 268.2
Violent Crime 645 309.9 363.8 369.8
Burglary 238 114.4 165.5 269.8
Larceny 1,412 678.5 1,143.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 257 123.5 101.7 282.7
Property Crime 1,907 916.4 1,410.7 1,954.4

Yonkers Crime Compared To New York Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New York.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Yonkers

645
Violent Crimes
309.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-16.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 645 violent crimes in Yonkers in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Yonkers is 309.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 322.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Yonkers each year. That compares to a 1 in 274.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -16.19% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -14.79% lower than the New York violent crime rate of 363.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Yonkers

1,907
Property Crimes
916.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-53.11%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,907 property crimes in Yonkers in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Yonkers is 916.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 109.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Yonkers each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -53.11% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.04% lower than the New York property crime rate of 1,410.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Yonkers

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mount Vernon, NY 71,690 1,450 2,022.6 1,560.9 461.7
Port Washington, NY 20,071 144 717.5 687.6 29.9
Greenville, OH 12,549 214 1,705.3 1,482.2 223.1
Demarest, NJ 4,812 32 665.0 644.2 20.8
Alpine, NJ 1,743 34 1,950.7 1,950.7 0.0

Yonkers SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
7
Amenities
10
Education
7
Commute
4
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