The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Latham, NY
Latham is an unincorporated community of 22,800 in Albany County, about 6 miles north of downtown Albany · Updated November 2026
Is Latham, NY safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Latham has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Latham run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 892 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Latham as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Latham scores 892.
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 Latham, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Latham, 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 Latham
Vehicle theft is a strength. Latham grades A- for property crime, but vehicle theft grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live.
Thefts run high. Latham has thefts at about triple the US rate: 37.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Latham
Every part of Latham where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Latham run from A+ to B+; 96% 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 Latham, the southeast side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Latham?
Reported crime in Latham has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 41% and property crime up 43%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.8 to 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 33 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 27%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
LathamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Latham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Latham
Violent, US
Property, Latham
Property, US
2016
+46%
+4%
+5%
+15%
2017
+34%
+4%
+1%
+12%
2018
+27%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+29%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
+0%
+6%
+11%
-10%
2022
+69%
+5%
+39%
-6%
2023
+92%
+2%
+50%
-7%
2024
+41%
-4%
+43%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Latham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Latham has about 53 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% more than the US as a whole and 34% 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 Latham is theft, about 70% 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 Latham compares with nearby cities
Latham has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Latham apart: it has 131 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 21.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.131 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% 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.4.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% 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.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Latham on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Latham
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Latham about $995 a year per household, 17% 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 $543 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$190,000
$9
Rape
$88,000
$4
Robbery
$180,000
$8
Assault
$1.7 million
$75
Burglary
$440,000
$19
Theft
$4.4 million
$191
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$11
Arson
$38,000
$2
Vandalism
$810,000
$36
Total
$8.1 million
$354
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 Latham 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. Latham 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 Latham, NY average a SchoolGrade of A+: 73% of students test proficient, against 67% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Latham on SchoolGrade
