Safety · Menands
Menands, NY crime & safety
Menands's reported crime rate is close to New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 5 violent crimes were reported in 2023.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Menands compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2023
Menands at a glance
Violent crime
1.1
per 1,000 residents · New York 4
Property crime
19.5
per 1,000 residents · New York 18.7
Incidents reported
92
5 violent · 87 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2023
MenandsNew York
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Menands property | New York property | Menands violent | New York violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.7 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 1.1 | 4 |
What gets reported
2023, by type
Larceny / theft
76
Burglary
4
Vehicle theft
7
Aggravated assault
5
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
1
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Menands safe
Local public safety
👮 Menands 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.
Next door
Menands and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menands | 1.1 | 19.5 | 2023 |
| Albany | 8.3 | 26.2 | 2025 |
| North Greenbush | 0.8 | 10.4 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Loudonville, Colonie.
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 4,500, 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, 2023, 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.