East Aurora is a village of 16,300 in Erie County, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Buffalo · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in East Aurora?
Property crime is low in East Aurora: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 965 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
91% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than East Aurora as a whole, and 9% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Aurora scores 965.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in East Aurora, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Aurora, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in East Aurora
Theft runs low. East Aurora has 3.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In East Aurora, 61% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in East Aurora
Every part of East Aurora where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Property crime rates and types in East Aurora
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Aurora has about 5.5 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 77% less than the US as a whole and 76% less than New York.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in East Aurora, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in East Aurora
The Erie County Sheriff's Office polices East Aurora, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In East Aurora, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in East Aurora and nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to East Aurora, 5 have less property crime. South Wales and Taylorshire have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from East Aurora. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, East Aurora is safer than 95% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in East Aurora
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set East Aurora apart: it has 38% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 15.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places whose neighborhoods are dark at night tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.38% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.64 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs East Aurora
Property crime costs East Aurora about $580,000 a year, or $35 per resident and about $87 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$47,000
$3
Theft
$310,000
$19
Vehicle theft
$82,000
$5
Arson
$3,000
under $1
Vandalism
$130,000
$8
Total
$580,000
$35
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
