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Babylon, 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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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

Babylon has an overall crime rate of 12 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 Babylon is 1 in 86. How does Babylon fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Babylon's crime rate is lower than approximately 31% of New York communities.

How does the crime rate in Babylon compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Babylon with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Babylon's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Babylon 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 Babylon.

For Babylon, 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 Babylon than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1518, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Babylon's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Babylon a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Babylon is one in 91.

Babylon Crime Data

total Crime Index

42

(100 is safest)


Safer than 42% of U.S. cities.

Babylon Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

134

142

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.66

11.03

11.69

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.66
4.29
National Median: 4
    Babylon
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,518

in Babylon

1 in 233

in New York State

Babylon Violent Crimes

Population: 12,146
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
11.03
17.22
National Median: 20
    Babylon
    New York

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 91

in Babylon

1 in 58

in New York State

Property Crimes

Population: 12,146
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Babylon Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
58
44
National Median: 27.0
    Babylon
    New York