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Clarkstown, NY crime & safety

Clarkstown's reported crime rate is below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 81 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Clarkstown compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

TownTapestry Safety GradeNew

Clarkstown’s Safety Grade: B-

Clarkstown reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less.

B+Violent crimeCProperty crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 48%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New York towns we grade (245)Safer than 34%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 60%
High confidence. Built on 4,193 incidents over 3 years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn't change the grade.
How the Safety Grade works
  • One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in NY ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
  • Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
  • Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
  • What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025

Clarkstown at a glance

Violent crime
1
per 1,000 residents · New York 3.7
Property crime
13
per 1,000 residents · New York 15.7
Incidents reported
1,144
81 violent · 1,063 property
Since 2022
▼ 10%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Clarkstown 1
New York 3.7
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Clarkstown 13
New York 15.7
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

ClarkstownNew York
05101520 2022202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearClarkstown propertyNew York propertyClarkstown violentNew York violent
202214.417.40.94.3
20231818.70.94
202418.317.20.93.9
20251315.713.7
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
1,010
Burglary
28
Vehicle theft
25
Aggravated assault
54
Robbery
14
Rape
13
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Clarkstown safe

Local public safety

👮 Clarkstown Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Next door

Clarkstown and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
ClarkstownB-1132025
Orangetown—0.75.32025
RamapoA-0.74.72025
Haverstraw—0.98.22025

No town figures in the FBI's data: West Nyack, Blauvelt, Haverstraw, New City, Pearl River, Nanuet.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 81,800, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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