The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Delmar, NY
Delmar is a town of 17,300 in Albany County, about 5 miles southwest of downtown Albany · Updated November 2026
Is Delmar, NY safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Delmar has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 933 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Delmar as a whole, and 21% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Delmar scores 933.
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 Delmar, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Delmar, 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 Delmar
Acts of vandalism are uncommon. Delmar has acts of vandalism at a small fraction of the US rate: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Delmar
Every part of Delmar where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Delmar run from A+ to A; every part of Delmar 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 Delmar, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Delmar?
Reported property crime in Delmar has fallen 25% 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 13 to 9.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
DelmarUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Delmar. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Delmar
Property, US
2016
+6%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
-8%
2021
-26%
-10%
2022
-8%
-6%
2023
-24%
-7%
2024
-24%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Delmar
CrimeGrade™ estimates Delmar has about 14 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 62% less than the US as a whole and 64% 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 Delmar, about 52% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Delmar
The Bethlehem Town Police Department polices Delmar; these figures cover Bethlehem as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Bethlehem as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 48% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
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 Delmar compares with nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Delmar, 4 have less crime. Feura Bush and Voorheesville have the least.
Two things set Delmar apart: it has 1.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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 87% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 67% 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.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Delmar 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 crime costs Delmar
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Delmar about $279 a year per household, 77% 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 $4.2 million a year, or $240 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$200,000
$11
Rape
$130,000
$7
Robbery
$24,000
$1
Assault
$590,000
$34
Burglary
$120,000
$7
Theft
$650,000
$38
Vehicle theft
$27,000
$2
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$190,000
$11
Total
$1.9 million
$113
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 Delmar 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. Delmar 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 Delmar, NY average a SchoolGrade of A+: 78% of students test proficient, against 71% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Delmar on SchoolGrade
