What is the crime rate in Lackawanna, NY?

In 2025, the Lackawanna Police Department reported 52 violent crimes and 369 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 266 violent and 1,887 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,554 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: 266
Property per 100,000: 1,887
Violent crimes: 52
Property crimes: 369

Crime reported by the Lackawanna 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	72	367	352	1,795	19,613
2024	77	395	304	1,560	19,484
2025	52	266	369	1,887	19,554

Violent crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 52 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 352 in 2023 to 369 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.

Lackawanna against New York and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lackawanna	266	1,887
Erie County	283	2,110
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 Lackawanna, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lackawanna	—	266	1,887
Village of Blasdell	1.5 mi	78	1,873
Town of West Seneca	4.3 mi	112	1,788
Buffalo	5.3 mi	729	3,449
Town of Hamburg	5.6 mi	58	1,601
Town of Orchard Park	6.5 mi	37	1,480
Village of Hamburg	6.6 mi	30	355
Town of Cheektowaga	7.8 mi	220	3,210
Village of Depew	9.2 mi	88	1,387

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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