Latham is an unincorporated community of 22,800 in Albany County, about 6 miles north of downtown Albany · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Latham?
Latham earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 82% 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 794 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Latham as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Latham scores 794.
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 Latham, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Latham, 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 Latham
Vehicle theft is a strength. Latham grades A- for property crime, but vehicle theft grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live.
Theft at about triple the US rate. Latham has 37.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Latham
Most of Latham grades well for property crime: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Latham run from A to C+.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Latham?
Reported property crime in Latham has risen 43% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 23 to 33 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
LathamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Latham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Latham
Property, US
2016
+5%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
+11%
-10%
2022
+39%
-6%
2023
+50%
-7%
2024
+43%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Latham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Latham has about 45 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 90% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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 Latham, about 82% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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.
Property crime in Latham and nearby cities
Latham has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Latham apart: it has 131 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 21.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.131 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Latham on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Latham
Property crime costs Latham about $5.9 million a year, or $259 per resident and about $728 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
$440,000
$19
Theft
$4.4 million
$191
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$11
Arson
$38,000
$2
Vandalism
$810,000
$36
Total
$5.9 million
$259
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.
