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Clifton Park, NY crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Clifton Park has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Clifton Park is 1 in 91. How does Clifton Park fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Clifton Park's crime rate is lower than approximately 27% of New York communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Clifton Park has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Clifton Park is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Clifton Park does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Clifton Park.

For Clifton Park, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Clifton Park than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1219, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Clifton Park's rate for property crime is 10 per one thousand population. This makes Clifton Park a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Clifton Park is one in 99.

Clifton Park Crime Data

total Crime Index

41

(100 is safest)


Safer than 41% of U.S. cities.

Clifton Park Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

31

383

414

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.82

10.14

10.96

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.82
3.9
National Median: 4
    Clifton Park
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,219

in Clifton Park

1 in 257

in New York State

Clifton Park Violent Crimes

Population: 37,788
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
10.14
17.99
National Median: 19
    Clifton Park
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 99

in Clifton Park

1 in 56

in New York State

Property Crimes

Population: 37,788
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Clifton Park Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
13
45
National Median: 26.5
    Clifton Park
    New York