Crime in Fishers Island, NY

Fishers Island is an unincorporated community of 72 in Suffolk County, about 110 miles east of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026

Is Fishers Island, NY safe?

Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Fishers Island: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 951 of 1,000
Safer than most US neighborhoods What this means

86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fishers Island as a whole, and 14% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fishers Island scores 951.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 961 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods
A+
Property crimeSafety score 934 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Fishers Island

Map of Fishers Island shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Fishers Island, NY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fishers Island, 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


Crime rates and types in Fishers Island

Fishers Island has too few residents for a reliable rate per resident; its CrimeGrade™ compares crime with the people, homes and cars there instead.

Theft is the most common crime in Fishers Island, about 35% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.05
RapeA+under 10.38
RobberyA+under 10.62
AssaultA712.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+under 12.4
TheftA813.1
Vehicle theftA+under 12.7
ArsonA+under 10.12
VandalismA75.5

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 Fishers Island compares with nearby cities

Fishers Island has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Fishers IslandA+951A+A+72
Groton Long Point, CT 3 milesA922A+A513
Noank, CT 5 milesA+979A+A+36
Groton, CT 6 milesA894AA20,600
Mystic, CT 7 milesA+946A+A13,000
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Pleasure Beach, CT 7 milesA+976A+A+117
Stonington, CT 8 milesA+965A+A+4,890
New London, CT 8 milesA-777A-B27,700
Wequetequock, CT 9 milesA+971A+A+451
Conning Towers Nautilus Park, CT 9 milesA902AA8,320
Old Mystic, CT 9 milesA+973A+A+510

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fishers Island. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Fishers Island has more crime than 87% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Fishers IslandA+951A+A+72
Spencer, IDA+998A+A+72
Driftwood, OKA+994A+A+72
Spring Lake, SDA+994A+A+72
Salt Gap, TXA+993A+A+72
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Vick, TXA+990A+A+72
Medway, KSA+988A+A+72
Vaughn, VAA+977A+A+72
Walesville, NYA+976A+A+72
Afton, TXA+963A+A+72
Lyden, NMA+941A+A+72

What crime costs Fishers Island

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fishers Island about $1,114 a year per household, 8% 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 $480,000 a year, or $6,608 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$22,000$301
Rape$13,000$180
Robbery$1,600$23
Assault$63,000$871
Burglary$5,100$71
Theft$40,000$560
Vehicle theft$6,600$91
Arson$1,900$27
Vandalism$47,000$659
Total$200,000$2,784

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 Fishers Island 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Fishers Island

Schools in Fishers Island, NY average a SchoolGrade of B: 59% of students test proficient, against 61% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Fishers Island on SchoolGrade