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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Niagara Falls, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Niagara Falls, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Niagara Falls. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Niagara Falls, NY safe?
Niagara Falls, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 27 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 10% 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 11 to 28, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 27 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 10%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 72%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 58
How Niagara Falls compares
Niagara Falls scores 19 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Niagara Falls lies in Niagara County, which has a county Safety Score of 41, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Niagara Falls.
Neighborhoods inside Niagara Falls
58 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Niagara Falls, 58 of them mostly inside it. Among those 58, the lowest scores 0, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 56.
Safest ZIP codes in Niagara Falls, 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 Niagara Falls, NY
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Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- North Tonawanda Safety Score 55 · grade C · 8.3 miles
- Tonawanda Safety Score 51 · grade C · 9.0 miles
- Kenmore Safety Score 54 · grade C · 12 miles
- Buffalo Safety Score 22 · grade D · 15 miles
- Lockport Safety Score 42 · grade C · 17 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls has an estimated 47,512 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 14.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 58 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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