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Public Safety

Violent Crimes

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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 2019, there were 24 violent crimes per 10,000 residents in our region, the same as the prior year and below the state rate of 36. 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 2019 was Monroe (29), a product of the high crime rates in Rochester (75) - both lower than 2018 rates. After Monroe, Genesee had the highest rate, at 24, while Yates had the lowest, at 9 per 10,000 residents. In 2019, violent crime rose in some counties and the City of Rochester, with the largest increase coming from Genesee County, since 2000.

In the long run, violent crime rates have been highest in the City of Rochester, averaging 93 crimes per 10,000 residents since 2000, and lowest in Yates (8), Livingston (11) 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. 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
United States	51	51	49	48	46	47	48	47	46	43	41	39	39	37	36	37	39	38	37	37
NYS	55	52	49	47	44	45	44	42	40	39	39	40	41	39	37	38	38	36	35	36
NYS (excluding NYC)	26	27	28	27	26	28	29	26	26	25	24	23	23	21	20	22	22	22	20	20
Region	23	23	25	27	25	28	33	29	30	26	28	27	27	27	23	27	27	28	24	24
Monroe	28	28	31	35	31	37	44	40	39	35	38	36	36	36	30	34	33	35	30	29
Surrounding Counties	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	16	16	17	15	15
Genesee	14	16	18	19	18	16	18	15	19	15	18	19	15	18	19	20	22	29	22	24
Livingston	14	10	12	15	13	10	14	9	11	11	7	7	8	9	7	12	14	9	9	10
Ontario	11	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	13	12	14	14	11	12	13	15	12	12	15
Orleans	13	15	22	16	16	25	20	21	17	17	18	19	14	14	14	17	19	21	16	14
Seneca	9	16	16	12	10	11	13	13	13	14	15	18	17	18	16	18	19	21	14	13
Wayne	13	15	14	15	21	18	18	17	20	15	18	15	14	17	12	22	18	21	19	18
Wyoming	26	24	17	19	14	19	23	13	12	11	8	9	12	10	9	14	12	18	16	12
Yates	11	8	12	12	12	8	9	5	6	4	7	5	8	6	7	10	7	10	7	9
Rochester	74	75	81	93	82	102	125	111	109	96	106	97	98	100	81	88	89	91	78	75
Batavia	15	20	16	36	29	20	24	15	23	24	29	32	30	38	44	51	48	65	43	49
Canandaigua	13	8	12	14		N/A	12	17	19	32	19	30	34	28	42	35	48	33	23	44
Geneva	28	23	14	24	23	26	27	20	18	32	25	32	24	21	18	22	19	22	24	16

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
United States	1,425,486	1,439,480	1,423,677	1,383,676	1,360,088	1,390,745	1,435,123	1,422,970	1,394,461	1,325,896	1,251,248	1,206,005	1,217,057	1,168,298	1,153,022	1,199,310	1,250,162	1,247,917	1,209,997	1,203,808
NYS	104,487	98,708	94,598	89,357	84,266	85,524	83,816	79,818	77,441	74,830	75,837	77,467	79,301	76,481	72,367	75,158	74,127	70,693	68,566	69,738
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	26,258	26,308	24,097	22,923	25,070	25,003	24,260	22,453	21,917
Region	2,717	2,737	2,979	3,320	3,007	3,425	4,024	3,569	3,581	3,215	3,456	3,302	3,291	3,302	2,797	3,279	3,234	3,376	2,935	2,840
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	2,571	2,253	2,142
Surrounding Counties	628	641	676	697	675	690	751	613	664	617	633	641	619	616	570	753	752	805	682	698
Genesee	85	96	108	115	108	96	106	87	113	92	107	112	92	109	112	115	127	168	128	135
Livingston	88	66	79	95	86	66	92	61	72	69	47	44	54	56	47	77	91	56	58	61
Ontario	107	97	102	118	88	110	130	99	108	139	128	150	150	122	130	144	164	135	130	166
Orleans	57	65	95	70	71	108	89	91	73	71	79	81	61	59	58	69	78	87	65	58
Seneca	31	57	55	44	37	37	46	46	46	48	52	63	59	62	57	62	67	73	48	45
Wayne	121	139	135	145	197	171	165	162	185	140	169	141	132	153	112	203	160	189	173	164
Wyoming	113	102	72	80	58	83	100	54	52	47	33	37	51	41	36	58	48	71	63	46
Yates	26	19	30	30	30	19	23	13	15	11	18	13	20	14	18	25	17	26	17	23
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	1,872	1,615	1,542
Batavia	24	32	26	58	47	31	37	23	36	37	44	49	46	57	66	76	70	94	62	71
Canandaigua	15	9	13	16		N/A	13	18	20	34	20	32	36	29	44	36	50	34	24	45
Geneva	38	31	19	32	31	35	36	27	24	43	33	43	31	28	24	29	24	28	31	20

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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INDICATORS - Grouped by Topic	REGIONAL VALUE	YEAR	NYS COMPARISON	TREND \| REGION
Prenatal Care	78%	2018	3	1 Increasing
Prenatal Care, by Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
Babies Born with Low Birth Weights	8.1%	2018	2	1 Increasing
Babies Born with Low Birth Weights, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Infant Mortality Rate	7.0	2016-18	2	1 Increasing
Infant Mortality Rate, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels	0.9%	2016	2	-1 Decreasing
Children in Poverty	19%	2015-19	3	1 Increasing
Children in Poverty, Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Single-Parent Families	39%	2015-19	2	1 Increasing
Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect	21	2019	2	1 Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	2.4	2019	2	-1 Decreasing
Rate of Teen Pregnancy	1.3%	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Rate of Teen Births	12	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Arts and Culture Attendance		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Tourism Spending	$1,473	2019	1	1 Increasing
Recreation Spending	$84	2019	1	1 Increasing
Voter Registration Rate	83%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	46%	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Registered Library Borrowers	59%	2018	2	-1 Decreasing
Library Visits	5.6	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Charitable Contributions as a Percentage of Income	0.9%	2018	2	0 Maintaining
Households Without Vehicles	10%	2015-19	3	0 Maintaining
Total Population	0.1%	2019	2	0 Maintaining
Population by Age		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Population by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Population by Age and Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Disengaged Youth, Ages 16 to 19	6%	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Median Household Income	$59,871	2015-19	1	-1 Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living in Poverty	13%	2015-19	3	1 Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Public Assistance Recipients	1.9%	2019	3	-1 Decreasing
Approval Rate for Public Assistance Applications	24%	2019	0	-1 Decreasing
Households Receiving SNAP	14%	2015-19	3	1 Increasing
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Tax Filers Receiving Earned Income Tax Credit	15%	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
EITC Dollars	$172	2018	1	-1 Decreasing
Change in Total Jobs	0.7%	2019	2	0 Maintaining
Change in Number of Business Establishments by Sector		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Change in Jobs by Sector		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Sector Shares of Regional Total Employment		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	2019	2	0 Maintaining
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Average Salary by Sector		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Change in Average Salary Since 2000	4%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Change in Average Salary Since 2000 by Sector		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Employment-to-Population Ratio	60%	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Per-Capita Spending for Local Government	$3,590	2018	0	1 Increasing
Prekindergarten Participation	45%	2018	2	1 Increasing
School Spending Per Student	$23,807	2019	1	1 Increasing
Instructional Spending Per Student	$17,112	2019	1	1 Increasing
Students Receiving Special Education Services	9%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Grade 3 English	44%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Grade 3 English by Student Subgroup		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 English by Race/Ethnicity		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 Math	49%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Grade 3 Math by Student Subgroup		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 Math by Race/Ethnicity		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 English	39%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Grade 8 English by Student Subgroup		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 English by Race/Ethnicity		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 Math	49%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Regents Algebra 1	73%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Regents English	83%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate	88%	2020	3	1 Increasing
Cohort Graduation Rate, Beyond Four Years	88%	2020	3	1 Increasing
Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2020	0	10 Not Applicable*
Education Levels of Adults		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Without Health Insurance	5%	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Supply of Doctors	35.1	2018	1	1 Increasing
Mortality Rate	697	2018	1	-1 Decreasing
Chlamydia Rate	55	2018	3	1 Increasing
Chlamydia Rates, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Gonorrhea Rate	18	2018	3	-1 Decreasing
Gonorrhea Rates, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Early Syphilis Rates	1.8	2018	3	1 Increasing
Early Syphilis Rates within Monroe County, by Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living with HIV	103	2018	0	1 Increasing
People Living with HIV by Race/Ethnicity		2018	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living with AIDS	136	2018	0	1 Increasing
People Living with AIDS by Race/Ethnicity		2018	0	10 Not Applicable*
Percent of Days with Good Air Quality			0	10 Not Applicable*
Alcohol-related Crashes	3.0	2019	2	-1 Decreasing
Median Home Value	$139,622	2015-19	1	0 Maintaining
Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment by Primary Substance		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Median Rental Prices	$878	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	2.3	2015-19	3	0 Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Homeowners by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Overall Housing Cost Burden	29%	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Renters	33%	2015-19	3	10 Not Applicable*
Rent Burdened Households	49%	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Renters by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Homeownership Rate	68%	2015-19	3	-1 Decreasing
Homeownership Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2015-19	0	10 Not Applicable*
Vacant Housing Units	10%	2015-19	3	1 Increasing
Homeless Persons			0	10 Not Applicable*
Serious Crimes	181	2019	2	-1 Decreasing
Violent Crimes	24	2019	3	1 Increasing
Victims of Domestic Violence	59	2019	0	-1 Decreasing
Incarceration Rates	12.9	2019	0	-1 Decreasing
Incarceration Rates, by Race/Ethnicity		2015	0	10 Not Applicable*
Arrest Rates	170.5	2019	3	-1 Decreasing
Arrest Rates, by Race/Ethnicity		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*

*No or multiple regional values for this indicator

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