The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in East Syracuse, NY
East Syracuse is a village of 14,500 in Onondaga County, about 5 miles east of downtown Syracuse · Updated November 2026
Is East Syracuse, NY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in East Syracuse: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Syracuse run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 894 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Syracuse as a whole, and 35% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Syracuse scores 894.
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 East Syracuse, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Syracuse, 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 East Syracuse
Theft at about double the US rate. East Syracuse has 25.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of East Syracuse
Every part of East Syracuse where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across East Syracuse run from A+ to B+; 69% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within East Syracuse, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in East Syracuse
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Syracuse has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
The largest share of crime reported in East Syracuse is theft, about 56% 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.
How East Syracuse compares with nearby cities
East Syracuse has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Jobs, parking lots and walkability in East Syracuse
Two things set East Syracuse apart: it has 174 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 7.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.174 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.7.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 64% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.19.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% 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.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% 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 East Syracuse: D (15 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher 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 East Syracuse
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs East Syracuse about $830 a year per household, 31% 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 $12 million a year, or $798 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$360,000
$25
Rape
$150,000
$11
Robbery
$130,000
$9
Assault
$1.3 million
$92
Burglary
$390,000
$27
Theft
$1.9 million
$131
Vehicle theft
$480,000
$34
Arson
$14,000
$1
Vandalism
$670,000
$46
Total
$5.4 million
$375
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 East Syracuse 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. East Syracuse is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 East Syracuse, NY average a SchoolGrade of B-: 58% of students test proficient, against 64% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in East Syracuse on SchoolGrade
