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Woodstock, 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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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

According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Woodstock is safer than 62% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In New York, only on the order of 43% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Woodstock. If you live in Woodstock, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 140. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.

How does the crime rate in Woodstock compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Woodstock with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Woodstock's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Woodstock 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 Woodstock.

For Woodstock, 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 Woodstock than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2521, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Woodstock; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Woodstock Crime Data

total Crime Index

62

(100 is safest)


Safer than 62% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Woodstock Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

1

17

18

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.40

6.74

7.14

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.4
4.29
National Median: 4
    Woodstock
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,521

in Woodstock

1 in 233

in New York State

Woodstock Violent Crimes

Population: 2,521
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.74
17.22
National Median: 20
    Woodstock
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 148

in Woodstock

1 in 58

in New York State

Property Crimes

Population: 2,521
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Woodstock Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
3
44
National Median: 27.0
    Woodstock
    New York