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Pearl River, NY crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Pearl River has an overall crime rate of 8 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Pearl River is 1 in 124. How does Pearl River fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Pearl River's crime rate is lower than approximately 41% of New York communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Pearl River has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Pearl River is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Pearl River does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Pearl River.

For Pearl River, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Pearl River than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1841, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Pearl River; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Pearl River Crime Data

total Crime Index

52

(100 is safest)


Safer than 52% of U.S. cities.

Pearl River Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

9

125

134

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.54

7.55

8.09

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.54
3.9
National Median: 4
    Pearl River
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,841

in Pearl River

1 in 257

in New York State

Pearl River Violent Crimes

Population: 16,567
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
7.55
17.99
National Median: 19
    Pearl River
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 133

in Pearl River

1 in 56

in New York State

Property Crimes

Population: 16,567
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Pearl River Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
19
45
National Median: 26.5
    Pearl River
    New York