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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Lancaster, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Lancaster, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Lancaster. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Lancaster, NY safe?
Lancaster, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 57 out of 100, grade C, above the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 58% 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
- 57 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 58%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 32%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 8
How Lancaster compares
Lancaster scores 11 points above the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Lancaster lies in Erie County, which has a county Safety Score of 24, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Lancaster.
Neighborhoods inside Lancaster
8 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Lancaster, 8 of them mostly inside it. Among those 8, the lowest scores 19, the highest 91, and the middle 80% range from 20 to 80.
ZIP codes where Lancaster residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Lancaster'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
- Depew Safety Score 64 · grade B · 1.9 miles
- Buffalo Safety Score 22 · grade D · 9.0 miles
- Lackawanna Safety Score 30 · grade D · 9.4 miles
- Kenmore Safety Score 54 · grade C · 11 miles
- Tonawanda Safety Score 51 · grade C · 13 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Lancaster
Lancaster has an estimated 10,094 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 2.7 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 8 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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