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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Albany, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Albany, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Albany. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Albany, NY safe?
Albany, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 25 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 9% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Its ZIP codes with at least 5 scored block groups range from 8 to 42, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 25 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 9%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 74%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 83
How Albany compares
Albany scores 21 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Albany lies in Albany County, which has a county Safety Score of 47, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Albany.
Neighborhoods inside Albany
83 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Albany, 83 of them mostly inside it. Among those 83, the lowest scores 0, the highest 74, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 56.
Safest ZIP codes in Albany, NY
Ranked by Safety Score among ZIP codes that score above the city's median ZIP score and have at least 5 scored block groups, so a single small area can't top the list.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Albany, NY
Showing all 8 ZIP profiles
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- Watervliet Safety Score 28 · grade D · 6.0 miles
- Troy Safety Score 21 · grade D · 7.5 miles
- Cohoes Safety Score 35 · grade D · 8.8 miles
- Schenectady Safety Score 26 · grade D · 12 miles
- Amsterdam Safety Score 26 · grade D · 28 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Albany
Albany has an estimated 101,317 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 21.4 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 83 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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