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Public Safety

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Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

What does this measure?

This indicator shows the number of reported serious violent crimes per 10,000 residents. Murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault are included in the serious violent crimes measure.

Why is this important?

Crime affects the quality of life of those who directly experience and witness it, but it also impacts the lives of others within the community, housing stability, and a community's attractiveness as a place to live, work and do business.

How is our region performing?

In 2021, there were 25 violent crimes per 10,000 residents in our region, up slightly from the prior year and below the state rate of 38. The regional rate is similar to the rate in 2000, and down from the high of 33 per 10,000 residents in 2006. The county with the highest violent crime rate in 2021 was Monroe (31), a product of the high crime rates in Rochester (84). After Monroe, Genesee had the highest rate, at 27, while Livingston had the lowest, at 7 per 10,000 residents. In 2021, violent crime rose in most counties and the City of Rochester, with the largest increase coming from Seneca County, since 2000.

In the long run, violent crime rates have been highest in the City of Rochester, averaging 92 crimes per 10,000 residents since 2000, and lowest in Yates (8), Livingston (10) and Ontario (12).

Notes about the data

Crime reports are never complete because some crimes, such as rape and assault, are believed to be underreported. National data not available for 2021.Data for this indicator are released in the third quarter.

Violent Crimes

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
NYS	55	52	49	47	44	45	44	42	40	39	39	40	41	39	37	38	38	36	35	36	35	38
NYS (excluding NYC)	26	27	28	27	26	28	29	26	26	25	24	23	23	21	20	22	22	22	20	20	20	20
Region	23	23	25	27	25	28	33	29	30	26	28	27	27	27	23	27	27	28	24	24	24	25
Monroe	28	28	31	35	31	37	44	40	39	35	38	36	36	36	30	34	33	35	30	29	30	31
Surrounding Counties	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	16	16	17	15	15	15	17
Genesee	14	16	18	19	18	16	18	15	19	15	18	19	15	18	19	20	22	29	22	24	18	27
Livingston	14	10	12	15	13	10	14	9	11	11	7	7	8	9	7	12	14	9	9	10	8	7
Ontario	11	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	13	12	14	14	11	12	13	15	12	12	15	15	15
Orleans	13	15	22	16	16	25	20	21	17	17	18	19	14	14	14	17	19	21	16	14	16	14
Seneca	9	16	16	12	10	11	13	13	13	14	15	18	17	18	16	18	19	21	14	13	16	19
Wayne	13	15	14	15	21	18	18	17	20	15	18	15	14	17	12	22	18	21	19	19	19	20
Wyoming	26	24	17	19	14	19	23	13	12	11	8	9	12	10	9	14	12	18	16	12	11	13
Yates	11	8	12	12	12	8	9	5	6	4	7	5	8	6	7	10	7	10	7	9	6	14
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	74	75	81	93	82	102	125	111	109	96	106	97	98	100	81	88	89	91	78	75	80	84
Regional Cities
Batavia	15	20	16	36	29	20	24	15	23	24	29	32	30	38	43	51	48	65	43	49	42	49
Canandaigua	13	8	12	14		N/A	12	17	19	32	19	30	34	28	42	35	48	33	23	44	36	37
Geneva	28	23	14	24	23	26	27	20	18	32	25	32	24	21	18	22	19	22	24	16	30	19

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Notes: Canandaigua did not report in 2004 and 2005.

Number of Violent Crimes

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
NYS	104,487	98,708	94,598	89,357	84,266	85,524	83,816	79,818	77,441	74,830	75,837	77,468	79,301	76,481	72,365	75,157	74,126	70,709	68,578	69,898	70,708	76,229
NYS (excluding NYC)	28,748	29,971	30,758	29,909	28,578	30,901	31,730	29,365	29,011	28,473	27,348	26,259	26,308	24,097	22,921	25,069	25,002	24,276	22,465	22,077	22,749	22,865
Region	2,717	2,737	2,979	3,320	3,007	3,425	4,024	3,569	3,581	3,215	3,456	3,303	3,291	3,302	2,795	3,279	3,234	3,375	2,936	2,881	2,954	3,076
Monroe	2,089	2,096	2,303	2,623	2,332	2,735	3,273	2,956	2,917	2,598	2,823	2,661	2,672	2,686	2,227	2,526	2,482	2,570	2,254	2,178	2,281	2,312
Surrounding Counties	628	641	676	697	675	690	751	613	664	617	633	642	619	616	568	753	752	805	682	703	673	764
Genesee	85	96	108	115	108	96	106	87	113	92	107	112	92	109	110	115	127	168	128	135	103	155
Livingston	88	66	79	95	86	66	92	61	72	69	47	44	54	56	47	77	91	56	58	61	51	46
Ontario	107	97	102	118	88	110	130	99	108	139	128	150	150	122	130	144	164	135	130	166	168	169
Orleans	57	65	95	70	71	108	89	91	73	71	79	82	61	59	58	69	78	87	65	58	64	57
Seneca	31	57	55	44	37	37	46	46	46	48	52	63	59	62	57	62	67	73	48	45	55	65
Wayne	121	139	135	145	197	171	165	162	185	140	169	141	132	153	112	203	160	189	173	169	171	186
Wyoming	113	102	72	80	58	83	100	54	52	47	33	37	51	41	36	58	48	71	63	46	45	52
Yates	26	19	30	30	30	19	23	13	15	11	18	13	20	14	18	25	17	26	17	23	16	34
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	1,626	1,642	1,786	2,034	1,782	2,189	2,666	2,350	2,302	2,034	2,231	2,036	2,067	2,109	1,690	1,840	1,845	1,871	1,616	1,544	1,696	1,764
Regional Cities
Batavia	24	32	26	58	47	31	37	23	36	37	44	49	46	57	64	76	70	94	62	71	65	76
Canandaigua	15	9	13	16		N/A	13	18	20	34	20	32	36	29	44	36	50	34	24	45	38	39
Geneva	38	31	19	32	31	35	36	27	24	43	33	43	31	28	24	29	24	28	31	20	38	23

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Notes: Canandaigua did not report in 2004 and 2005.

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