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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Ithaca, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Ithaca, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Ithaca. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Ithaca, NY safe?
Ithaca, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 16 out of 100, grade F, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 2% 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
- 16 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 2%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 98%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 27
How Ithaca compares
Ithaca scores 30 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Ithaca lies in Tompkins County, which has a county Safety Score of 16, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Ithaca.
Neighborhoods inside Ithaca
27 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Ithaca, 16 of them mostly inside it. Among those 16, the lowest scores 0, the highest 38, and the middle 80% range from 2 to 27.
ZIP codes where Ithaca residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Ithaca's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- Cortland Safety Score 21 · grade D · 19 miles
- Elmira Safety Score 24 · grade D · 29 miles
- Endicott Safety Score 23 · grade D · 32 miles
- Auburn Safety Score 24 · grade D · 34 miles
- Corning Safety Score 38 · grade D · 35 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Ithaca
Ithaca has an estimated 33,768 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 5.4 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 27 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
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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