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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Poughkeepsie, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Poughkeepsie, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Poughkeepsie. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Poughkeepsie, NY safe?
Poughkeepsie, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 24 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 6% 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
- 24 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 6%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 84%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 34
How Poughkeepsie compares
Poughkeepsie scores 22 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Poughkeepsie lies in Dutchess County, which has a county Safety Score of 66, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Poughkeepsie.
Neighborhoods inside Poughkeepsie
34 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Poughkeepsie, 34 of them mostly inside it. Among those 34, the lowest scores 0, the highest 86, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 47.
ZIP codes where Poughkeepsie residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Poughkeepsie'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
- Beacon Safety Score 30 · grade D · 14 miles
- Newburgh Safety Score 20 · grade D · 14 miles
- Kingston Safety Score 36 · grade D · 16 miles
- Woodbury Safety Score 66 · grade B · 26 miles
- Kiryas Joel Safety Score 6 · grade F · 28 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie has an estimated 32,293 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 5.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 34 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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