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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Dunkirk, NY

Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Dunkirk, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.

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City Safety Score 26/100 Grade D Modeled estimate · 0 to 100, higher is safer
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Is Dunkirk, NY safe?

Dunkirk, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 26 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. Under 1% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.

Safety Score
26 / 100
Residents in A or B neighborhoods
<1%
Residents in D or F neighborhoods
92%
Scored neighborhoods
12

How Dunkirk compares

Dunkirk scores 20 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.

Dunkirk lies in Chautauqua County, which has a county Safety Score of 29, grade D.

County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Dunkirk.

Neighborhoods inside Dunkirk

12 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Dunkirk, 12 of them mostly inside it. Among those 12, the lowest scores 12, the highest 41, and the middle 80% range from 18 to 35.

Safety Score, 0–100 · shaded band: 10th–90th percentiles · whiskers: lowest and highest

Dunkirk

A 0% · B 0% · C 8% · D 73% · F 19%

New York

A 17% · B 17% · C 23% · D 23% · F 21%

Estimated share of residents living in neighborhoods of each grade, in Dunkirk and across New York.

ZIP codes where Dunkirk residents live

Nearly all of Dunkirk's estimated residents live in ZIP 14048 (Safety Score 33, grade D). An estimated 16% of that ZIP's residents live outside Dunkirk, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 14048 profile.

Closest cities in New York

  1. Jamestown Safety Score 26 · grade D · 27 miles
  2. Lackawanna Safety Score 30 · grade D · 35 miles
  3. Buffalo Safety Score 22 · grade D · 38 miles
  4. Kenmore Safety Score 54 · grade C · 41 miles
  5. Tonawanda Safety Score 51 · grade C · 43 miles

Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.

About Dunkirk

Dunkirk has an estimated 12,379 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 4.5 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 12 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.

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ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.

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Safety Scores compare areas on a 0–100 scale; higher is safer. Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates or reported incident counts.

City scores combine the scored neighborhoods that lie at least partly within city limits, weighted by their estimated residents inside the limits. They are not an average of the ZIP scores listed for a city.

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