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

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City Safety Score 25/100 Grade D Modeled estimate · 0 to 100, higher is safer
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Is Olean, NY safe?

Olean, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 25 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 13% 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
25 / 100
Residents in A or B neighborhoods
13%
Residents in D or F neighborhoods
83%
Scored neighborhoods
15

How Olean compares

Olean scores 21 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.

Olean lies in Cattaraugus County, which has a county Safety Score of 33, grade D.

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

Neighborhoods inside Olean

15 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Olean, 15 of them mostly inside it. Among those 15, the lowest scores 1, the highest 83, and the middle 80% range from 4 to 55.

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

Olean

A 8% · B 5% · C 5% · D 30% · F 53%

New York

A 17% · B 17% · C 23% · D 23% · F 21%

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

ZIP codes where Olean residents live

Nearly all of Olean's estimated residents live in ZIP 14760 (Safety Score 36, grade D). An estimated 27% of that ZIP's residents live outside Olean, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 14760 profile.

Closest cities in New York

  1. Jamestown Safety Score 26 · grade D · 41 miles
  2. Dunkirk Safety Score 26 · grade D · 54 miles
  3. Lackawanna Safety Score 30 · grade D · 55 miles
  4. Lancaster Safety Score 57 · grade C · 58 miles
  5. Depew Safety Score 64 · grade B · 59 miles

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

About Olean

Olean has an estimated 13,614 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 5.9 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 15 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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