Crime reports from the Rochester Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Rochester Police Department data from the City of Rochester open data portal. Rochester publishes serious (Part I) crimes for the last 60 days. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Rochester police reported 1,180 violent crimes (572 per 100,000 residents), including 28 murders, 268 robberies and 831 aggravated assaults, plus 5,753 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 206,391. Violent-crime rate rank: 5 of 6 large New York cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency NY0270100, January–December 2025.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 832 | 849 | 15 | 2,680 | Totals |
| Buffalo | 729 | 2,015 | 29 | 3,416 | Live |
| New York | 660 | 56,081 | 283 | 2,293 | Live |
| Syracuse | 612 | 893 | 13 | 3,206 | Totals |
| Rochester | 572 | 1,180 | 28 | 2,787 | Live |
| Yonkers | 263 | 556 | 9 | 873 | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Rochester's violent-crime rate of 572 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 57% higher than the New York rate (363) and 78% higher than the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 175 residents, or about 22.7 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Rochester ranks 107th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 31st for murder (28 murders, 13.6 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 70% of Rochester's violent crimes and robberies 23%, a bigger robbery share than the 15% seen nationally.
Property crime ran 2,787 per 100,000, 81% higher than New York overall. Rochester police logged 1,677 vehicle thefts (813 per 100,000, 15th of 351; New York: 127) and 584 burglaries (283 per 100,000, 2.4 times the state).
The closest city we cover is Buffalo, 66 miles west; its violent-crime rate (729) is 28% higher than Rochester's.
Out-of-state cities near Rochester's size (206,391 residents): Tallahassee, FL at 629 violent crimes per 100,000 and Little Rock, AR at 1,485.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Rochester had 572 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 57% higher than the statewide 363. It is 5th highest of the 6 New York cities on this site; Albany is highest at 832. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Rochester police reported 28 murders for 2025, a rate of 13.6 per 100,000 residents. The New York rate was 2.4 and the national rate 4.1.
1,677 vehicles were reported stolen in Rochester in 2025, 813 per 100,000 residents. That is 4.2 times the national rate of 195 and ranks 15th of 351 cities on this site.