What is the crime rate in Tonawanda, NY?

In 2025, the Tonawanda Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 184 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 100 violent and 1,231 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,949 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: 100
Property per 100,000: 1,231
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 184

Crime reported by the Tonawanda 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	38	255	181	1,213	14,924
2024	28	189	174	1,174	14,825
2025	15	100	184	1,231	14,949

Violent crimes reported went from 38 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 181 in 2023 to 184 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.

Tonawanda against New York and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Tonawanda	100	1,231
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 Tonawanda, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Tonawanda	—	100	1,231
Town of Tonawanda	2.0 mi	140	1,839
North Tonawanda	2.6 mi	154	1,075
Village of Kenmore	3.3 mi	141	1,264
Town of Grand Island	4.0 mi	0	0
Town of Amherst	6.4 mi	141	2,153
Buffalo	8.3 mi	729	3,449
Town of Niagara	8.7 mi	78	3,846
Town of Cheektowaga	10 mi	220	3,210

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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