Buffalo crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Buffalo for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Buffalo in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 161.1% and the city property crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 53.81%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the
violent crime rate in New York by 176.25% and the city property crime rate in Buffalo was higher than the
property crime rate in New York by 136.32%.