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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Schenectady, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Schenectady, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Schenectady. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Schenectady, NY safe?
Schenectady, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 26 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 9% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Its 3 ZIP codes range from 4 to 35, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 26 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 9%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 77%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 65
How Schenectady compares
Schenectady scores 20 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Schenectady lies in Schenectady County, which has a county Safety Score of 35, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Schenectady.
Neighborhoods inside Schenectady
65 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Schenectady, 65 of them mostly inside it. Among those 65, the lowest scores 0, the highest 89, and the middle 80% range from 4 to 52.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Schenectady, 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
- Cohoes Safety Score 35 · grade D · 11 miles
- Albany Safety Score 25 · grade D · 12 miles
- Watervliet Safety Score 28 · grade D · 13 miles
- Troy Safety Score 21 · grade D · 14 miles
- Amsterdam Safety Score 26 · grade D · 16 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Schenectady
Schenectady has an estimated 69,495 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 10.8 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 65 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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