The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Camillus, NY
Camillus is a town of 14,500 in Onondaga County, about 7 miles west of downtown Syracuse · Updated November 2026
Is Camillus, NY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Camillus: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 952 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Camillus as a whole, and 14% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Camillus scores 952.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Camillus, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Camillus, 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 in Camillus
Theft runs low. Camillus has 4.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Camillus
Every part of Camillus where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Camillus run from A+ to A; every part of Camillus has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Camillus, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Camillus?
Reported property crime in Camillus has fallen 35% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 12 to 7.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Camillus. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Camillus
Property, US
2016
+50%
+15%
2017
+7%
+12%
2018
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-21%
-10%
2022
+4%
-6%
2023
-16%
-7%
2024
-35%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Camillus
CrimeGrade™ estimates Camillus has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 71% less than the US as a whole and 73% less than New York.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Camillus, about 46% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Camillus Town and Village Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 count of vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ built the figure from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Camillus compares with nearby cities
Camillus has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Warners and Marcellus have less.
Two things set Camillus apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 89% 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.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% 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 and assault. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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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
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Camillus: D (14 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 80% 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 crime costs Camillus
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Camillus about $233 a year per household, 81% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $3.4 million a year, or $236 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$130,000
$9
Rape
$110,000
$8
Robbery
$42,000
$3
Assault
$410,000
$28
Burglary
$83,000
$6
Theft
$360,000
$25
Vehicle theft
$110,000
$8
Arson
$5,100
under $1
Vandalism
$160,000
$11
Total
$1.4 million
$97
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Camillus means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Camillus is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
Schools in Camillus, NY average a SchoolGrade of B+: 62% of students test proficient, against 69% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Camillus on SchoolGrade
