The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gloversville, NY
Gloversville is a city of 20,600 in Fulton County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Schenectady · Updated November 2026
Is Gloversville, NY safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Gloversville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Gloversville sits near the middle: 52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gloversville run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 846 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gloversville as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gloversville scores 846.
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 Gloversville, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gloversville, 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 Gloversville
Simple assault is the exception. Gloversville grades A for violent crime, but simple assault grades B, worse than in the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Gloversville
Every part of Gloversville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gloversville run from A+ to B; 39% of residents live in areas with 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 Gloversville, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Gloversville?
Reported crime in Gloversville has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 45% and property crime down 51%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.5 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 27 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 27% and property crime rose 38%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GloversvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gloversville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Gloversville
Violent, US
Property, Gloversville
Property, US
2016
+39%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
-11%
+12%
2018
+25%
+0%
-10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
-3%
-8%
2021
+36%
+6%
-3%
-10%
2022
-24%
+5%
-51%
-6%
2023
-24%
+2%
-64%
-7%
2024
-44%
-4%
-51%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Gloversville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gloversville has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% less than the US as a whole and 19% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Gloversville is assault, about 42% 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 Gloversville
Gloversville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Gloversville, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Gloversville compares with nearby cities
Gloversville has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Transit, empty homes and walkability in Gloversville
Two things set Gloversville apart: it has a Walk Grade of C- (30 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 24 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Even so, 56% of residents in Gloversville live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Very walkable places tend to report more theft and assault, and assault runs high here.
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 Gloversville: F (3 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.9.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% 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.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 81% of US city residents
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.72% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 64% 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 Gloversville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gloversville about $699 a year per household, 42% 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 $16 million a year, or $759 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$560,000
$27
Rape
$230,000
$11
Robbery
$140,000
$7
Assault
$2.8 million
$137
Burglary
$290,000
$14
Theft
$1.0 million
$50
Vehicle theft
$230,000
$11
Arson
$110,000
$5
Vandalism
$910,000
$44
Total
$6.3 million
$306
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 Gloversville 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 Gloversville, NY average a SchoolGrade of C-: 52% of students test proficient, against 61% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Gloversville on SchoolGrade
