What is the crime rate in Elmira, NY?

In 2025, the Elmira Police Department reported 187 violent crimes and 1,181 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 713 violent and 4,501 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,241 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: 713
Property per 100,000: 4,501
Violent crimes: 187
Property crimes: 1,181

Crime reported by the Elmira 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	87	341	837	3,279	25,527
2024	172	658	1,197	4,581	26,130
2025	187	713	1,181	4,501	26,241

Violent crimes reported went from 87 in 2023 to 187 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 837 in 2023 to 1,181 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.

Elmira against New York and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elmira	713	4,501
Chemung County	274	1,724
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 Elmira, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elmira	—	713	4,501
Town of Elmira	1.6 mi	18	18
Village of Elmira Heights	2.4 mi	188	483
Village of Horseheads	5.3 mi	16	318

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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