The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Jamestown, NY
Jamestown is a city of 37,200 in Chautauqua County, about 45 miles east of downtown Erie · Updated November 2026
Is Jamestown, NY safe?
Crime in Jamestown is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Jamestown. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Jamestown run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 652 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Jamestown as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Jamestown scores 652.
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 Jamestown, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Jamestown, 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 Jamestown
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Jamestown runs 74% above the US rate, but car thefts run at a small fraction of that rate: 0.53 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Burglaries happen at homes more often than nationally. In Jamestown, 80% of reported burglaries happen at homes, against 57% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Jamestown
Safety changes a lot from one part of Jamestown to the next: 49% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 21% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Jamestown run from A+ to F; 24% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
49%30%21%
A or B 49%C 30%D or F 21%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Jamestown, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Jamestown?
Reported violent crime in Jamestown peaked in 2022 and has fallen 26% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 22% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.9 to 6.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 23 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25% and property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
JamestownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Jamestown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Jamestown
Violent, US
Property, Jamestown
Property, US
2016
+10%
+4%
+20%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+0%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+19%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+22%
+5%
+0%
-6%
2023
+20%
+2%
-7%
-7%
2024
-9%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Jamestown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Jamestown has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% more than the US as a whole and 63% more 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 Jamestown is assault, about 46% 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 Jamestown
Jamestown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 38% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (80%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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 Jamestown compares with nearby cities
Jamestown has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
One thing sets Jamestown apart: it has 12.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 93% 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 Jamestown: F (3 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% 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.82% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 69% 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 60% 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.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% 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 Jamestown
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Jamestown about $1,639 a year per household, 36% 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 $84 million a year, or $2,257 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.5 million
$147
Rape
$1.5 million
$40
Robbery
$780,000
$21
Assault
$11 million
$290
Burglary
$1.2 million
$33
Theft
$3.1 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$300,000
$8
Arson
$280,000
$7
Vandalism
$3.4 million
$90
Total
$27 million
$720
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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown, NY average a SchoolGrade of D+: 49% of students test proficient, against 58% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Jamestown on SchoolGrade
