The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kiryas Joel, NY
Kiryas Joel is a village of 39,500 in Orange County, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Poughkeepsie · Updated November 2026
Is Kiryas Joel, NY safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Kiryas Joel is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Kiryas Joel sits near the middle: 42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kiryas Joel run from A to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 793 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kiryas Joel as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kiryas Joel scores 793.
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 Kiryas Joel, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kiryas Joel, 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 Kiryas Joel
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run low. In Kiryas Joel, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.85 burglaries and 1.0 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Kiryas Joel
Every part of Kiryas Joel where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Kiryas Joel run from A to B-; 26% 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 Kiryas Joel, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Kiryas Joel
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kiryas Joel has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 49% less than the US as a whole and 52% 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 makes up about 45% of crime reported in Kiryas Joel. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Kiryas Joel compares with nearby cities
Kiryas Joel has the most crime of its 7 nearest cities.
Two things set Kiryas Joel apart: it has 1.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 97% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.1.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% 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.97% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 97% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 55% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower 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 Kiryas Joel: C- (25 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 78% 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 Kiryas Joel
Crime costs Kiryas Joel about $1,148 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $17 million a year, or $440 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$9
Rape
$660,000
$17
Robbery
$170,000
$4
Assault
$3.0 million
$75
Burglary
$300,000
$8
Theft
$1.7 million
$44
Vehicle theft
$77,000
$2
Arson
$25,000
$1
Vandalism
$470,000
$12
Total
$6.8 million
$171
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 Kiryas Joel 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. Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel, NY average a SchoolGrade of C+: 57% of students test proficient, against 60% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Kiryas Joel on SchoolGrade
