What is the crime rate in Amsterdam, NY?

In 2025, the Amsterdam Police Department reported 54 violent crimes and 111 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 297 violent and 611 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,162 residents it serves.

Across New York the rates were 368 and 1,566.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 297
Property per 100,000: 611
Violent crimes: 54
Property crimes: 111

Crime reported by the Amsterdam Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	17	93	263	1,440	18,268
2025	54	297	111	611	18,162

Violent crimes reported went from 17 in 2023 to 54 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 263 in 2023 to 111 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Amsterdam against New York and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Amsterdam	297	611
Montgomery County	166	800
New York	368	1,566
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Amsterdam, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Amsterdam	—	297	611
Johnstown	10 mi	200	1,452
Gloversville	11 mi	276	1,280
Town of Glenville	11 mi	53	967

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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