The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tarrytown, NY
Tarrytown is a village of 13,300 in Westchester County, about 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Tarrytown, NY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Tarrytown: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 959 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
89% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tarrytown as a whole, and 11% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tarrytown scores 959.
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 Tarrytown, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tarrytown, 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 Tarrytown
Thefts and simple assaults both run low. In Tarrytown, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 3.4 thefts and 1.6 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Tarrytown
Every part of Tarrytown where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Tarrytown run from A+ to A; every part of Tarrytown has 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 Tarrytown, the east side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Tarrytown?
Reported property crime in Tarrytown has fallen 20% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 5.1 to 4.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 40%.
Property crime, change since 2019
TarrytownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Tarrytown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Tarrytown
Property, US
2016
+1%
+15%
2017
-16%
+12%
2018
-30%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-0%
-8%
2021
-30%
-10%
2022
+11%
-6%
2023
-43%
-7%
2024
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tarrytown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tarrytown has about 9.1 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 76% less than the US as a whole and 77% 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 is the most common crime in Tarrytown, about 37% of everything reported, but assault 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.
Where and when crime happens in Tarrytown
Tarrytown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Other places (81%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Tarrytown compares with nearby cities
Tarrytown has the least crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Tarrytown apart: it has 121 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 18 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.121 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% 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 Tarrytown: C- (31 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% 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. 57% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% 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.37% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 74% 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.4.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 73% 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 Tarrytown
Crime costs Tarrytown about $224 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 81% 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 $3.6 million a year, or $268 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$160,000
$12
Rape
$140,000
$11
Robbery
$81,000
$6
Assault
$280,000
$21
Burglary
$72,000
$5
Theft
$230,000
$17
Vehicle theft
$52,000
$4
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$230,000
$18
Total
$1.3 million
$95
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 Tarrytown 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 Tarrytown, NY average a SchoolGrade of A: 74% of students test proficient, against 68% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Tarrytown on SchoolGrade
