What is the crime rate in Ithaca, NY?

In 2025, the Ithaca Police Department reported 59 violent crimes and 998 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 170 violent and 2,872 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,749 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: 170
Property per 100,000: 2,872
Violent crimes: 59
Property crimes: 998

Crime reported by the Ithaca 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	54	157	1,211	3,527	34,332
2024	69	205	1,119	3,326	33,646
2025	59	170	998	2,872	34,749

Violent crimes reported went from 54 in 2023 to 59 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,211 in 2023 to 998 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.

Ithaca against New York and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ithaca	170	2,872
Tompkins County	88	1,177
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 Ithaca, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ithaca	—	170	2,872
Village of Cayuga Heights	1.8 mi	26	204
Village of Trumansburg	11 mi	56	836
Village of Dryden	11 mi	109	599
Village of Groton	12 mi	0	616

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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