Port Jervis is a city of 13,900 in Orange County, about 45 miles southwest of downtown Poughkeepsie · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Port Jervis?
Property crime in Port Jervis sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% 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 832 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Port Jervis as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Port Jervis scores 832.
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 Port Jervis, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Port Jervis, 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 Port Jervis
Vandalism stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 2.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents; Port Jervis has 6.8.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Port Jervis
Every part of Port Jervis where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Port Jervis run from A+ to B.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Port Jervis?
Reported property crime in Port Jervis peaked in 2022 and has fallen 17% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 16 to 15 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Port JervisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Port Jervis. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Port Jervis
Property, US
2016
+40%
+15%
2017
+62%
+12%
2018
+20%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-17%
-8%
2021
-6%
-10%
2022
+16%
-6%
2023
+10%
-7%
2024
-4%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Port Jervis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Port Jervis has about 19 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 17% 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 Port Jervis, about 56% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Port Jervis
Port Jervis has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Other places (43%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Port Jervis and nearby cities
Port Jervis has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Port Jervis. 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, Port Jervis has more property crime than 57% of them.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Port Jervis
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Port Jervis apart: it has 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 26 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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.58% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% 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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 77% 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.7.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Port Jervis: D- (8 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 63% 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 Port Jervis
Property crime costs Port Jervis about $1.7 million a year, or $120 per resident and about $307 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
$130,000
$10
Theft
$750,000
$54
Vehicle theft
$83,000
$6
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$670,000
$48
Total
$1.7 million
$120
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.
