Westbury is a village of 20,200 in Nassau County, about 20 miles east of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Westbury?
Westbury earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Assaults make up 88% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
A
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 891 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Westbury as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Westbury scores 891.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Westbury, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westbury, 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 about violent crime in Westbury
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Westbury has aggravated assaults at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Westbury
Every part of Westbury where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Westbury run from A+ to A-.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Westbury?
Reported violent crime in Westbury has risen 45% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
WestburyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Westbury. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Westbury
Violent, US
2016
-1%
+4%
2017
-6%
+4%
2018
-16%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
+4%
2021
+27%
+6%
2022
+45%
+5%
2023
+54%
+2%
2024
+45%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Westbury
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westbury has about 7.8 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 55% less than New York.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Westbury, about 88% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Westbury and nearby cities
Westbury has more violent crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Old Westbury and East Garden City have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Westbury apart: it has 30 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and a Walk Grade of C (39 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 50% of residents in Westbury live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Westbury: C- (26 of 100).30 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% 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 assault.C (39 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Show all 4
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% 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 violent crime costs Westbury
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Westbury about $12 million a year, or $576 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.9 million, or $143 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 75% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$580,000
$29
Rape
$250,000
$12
Robbery
$450,000
$22
Assault
$1.6 million
$80
Total
$2.9 million
$143
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
