Lower West Side, Buffalo
Buffalo · neighborhood · updated 2026-11-12
| 2026 to date | 579 incidents (through 2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2025 full year | 392 incidents |
| Full archive | 9,735 incidents · 2000–2026 |
About this neighborhood
2025 snapshot (full-year). Lower West Side recorded 392 incidents in 2025 (3.2% of Buffalo incidents in the same source period). These are raw police open-data counts, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Lower West Side had 392 incidents in 2024 and 392 in 2025, a 0.0% change. Comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and neighborhood boundaries.
2025 category breakdown
| Theft | 187 |
| Assault | 79 |
| Auto theft | 60 |
| Burglary | 42 |
| Robbery | 14 |
| Sexual assault | 9 |
Across 2000–2026, this neighborhood has 9,735 incidents in the current archive. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.