Delaware Avenue is a neighborhood of 8,340 residents in Albany, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Delaware Avenue in Albany safe?
Delaware Avenue has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C and property crime C-. Albany as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Delaware Avenue run from A- to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 401 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Delaware Avenue as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Delaware Avenue scores 401.
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 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Delaware Avenue in Albany, 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 Delaware Avenue
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Albany as a whole, 54% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Delaware Avenue
CrimeGrade™ estimates Delaware Avenue has about 61 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 63% more than the US as a whole and 16% less than Albany as a whole.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Delaware Avenue is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Albany
The Albany Police Department polices Delaware Avenue; these figures cover Albany as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Albany as a whole, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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.
How Delaware Avenue compares with nearby neighborhoods
Delaware Avenue has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Delaware Avenue. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Delaware Avenue has more crime than 53% of them.
Tree cover, nightlife and walkability in Delaware Avenue
Delaware Avenue looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.19% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.B (56 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Delaware Avenue
Crime costs Delaware Avenue about $1,706 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 42% more 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 $17 million a year, or $2,021 per resident.
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 Delaware Avenue 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.
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 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY average a SchoolGrade of D-: 40% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Delaware Avenue on SchoolGrade
