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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 2017, there were 28 violent crimes per 10,000 residents in our region, up from 27 the prior year and below the state rate of 36. The regional rate is higher than in 2000, and down from the high of 33 per 10,000 residents in 2006. The county with the highest violent crime rate in 2017 was Monroe (34), a product of the high crime rates in Rochester (90) - both similar to 2016. After Monroe, Genesee had the highest rate, at 29, while Livingston had the lowest, at 9 per 10,000 residents. In 2017, 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 94 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
United States	51	51	49	48	46	47	48	47	46	43	41	39	39	37	36	37	39	38
NYS	55	52	49	47	44	45	44	42	40	39	39	40	40	39	37	38	37	36
NYS (excluding NYC)	26	27	28	27	26	28	29	26	26	25	24	23	23	21	20	22	22	21
Region	23	23	25	27	25	28	33	29	30	26	28	27	27	27	23	27	27	28
Monroe	28	28	31	35	31	37	44	40	39	35	38	36	36	36	30	34	33	34
Surrounding Counties	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	16	16	17
Genesee	14	16	18	19	18	16	18	15	19	15	18	19	15	18	19	20	22	29
Livingston	14	10	12	15	13	10	14	9	11	11	7	7	8	9	7	12	14	9
Ontario	11	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	13	12	14	14	11	12	13	15	12
Orleans	13	15	22	16	16	25	20	21	17	17	18	19	14	14	14	17	19	21
Seneca	9	16	16	12	10	11	13	13	13	14	15	18	17	18	16	18	19	21
Wayne	13	15	14	15	21	18	18	17	20	15	18	15	14	17	12	22	17	21
Wyoming	26	24	17	19	14	19	23	13	12	11	8	9	12	10	9	14	12	18
Yates	11	8	12	12	12	8	9	5	6	4	7	5	8	6	7	10	7	10
Rochester	74	75	81	93	82	102	125	111	109	96	106	97	98	100	80	88	88	90
Batavia	15	20	16	36	29	20	24	15	23	24	29	32	30	38	44	51	48	64
Canandaigua	13	8	12	14		N/A	12	17	19	32	19	30	34	28	42	35	48	33
Geneva	28	23	14	24	23	26	27	20	18	32	25	32	23	21	18	22	19	22

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
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	1,247,321
NYS	104,487	98,708	94,598	89,357	84,266	85,524	83,816	79,818	77,441	74,830	75,836	77,464	79,304	76,480	72,367	75,156	74,115	70,565
NYS (excluding NYC)	28,748	29,971	30,758	29,909	28,578	30,901	31,730	29,365	29,011	28,473	27,347	26,255	26,311	24,096	22,923	25,068	24,991	24,132
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	3,232	3,371
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	2,481	2,570
Surrounding Counties	628	641	676	697	675	690	751	613	664	617	633	641	619	616	570	753	751	801
Genesee	85	96	108	115	108	96	106	87	113	92	107	112	92	109	112	115	127	168
Livingston	88	66	79	95	86	66	92	61	72	69	47	44	54	56	47	77	91	56
Ontario	107	97	102	118	88	110	130	99	108	139	128	150	150	122	130	144	164	135
Orleans	57	65	95	70	71	108	89	91	73	71	79	81	61	59	58	69	78	86
Seneca	31	57	55	44	37	37	46	46	46	48	52	63	59	62	57	62	67	73
Wayne	121	139	135	145	197	171	165	162	185	140	169	141	132	153	112	203	159	186
Wyoming	113	102	72	80	58	83	100	54	52	47	33	37	51	41	36	58	48	71
Yates	26	19	30	30	30	19	23	13	15	11	18	13	20	14	18	25	17	26
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
Batavia	24	32	26	58	47	31	37	23	36	37	44	49	46	57	66	76	70	94
Canandaigua	15	9	13	16		N/A	13	18	20	34	20	32	36	29	44	36	50	34
Geneva	38	31	19	32	31	35	36	27	24	43	33	43	31	28	24	29	24	28

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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