Buffalo Robbery
Buffalo · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Buffalo police open data recorded 431 robbery incidents, 3.5% of all 12,333 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.3% from 2024. That is about 156 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 337 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Buffalo by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 337 | — | — |
| 2025 | 431 | 156 | down 11.3% |
| 2024 | 486 | 176 | down 2.2% |
| 2023 | 497 | 180 | down 2.4% |
| 2022 | 509 | 184 | down 14.7% |
| 2021 | 597 | 216 | down 11.7% |
| 2020 | 676 | 244 | down 15.9% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 20,270 robbery incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)
- Broadway Fillmore 38 incidents
- Genesee-Moselle 31 incidents
- Central 26 incidents
- North Park 20 incidents
- Hopkins-Tifft 17 incidents
- Masten Park 17 incidents
- Kensington-Bailey 17 incidents
- Delavan Grider 16 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Buffalo in 2025?
431, according to Buffalo Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Buffalo?
Reported robbery was down 11.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 15.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Buffalo Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Buffalo
- Buffalo theft 6,287 in 2025
- Buffalo assault 2,208 in 2025
- Buffalo auto theft 1,816 in 2025
- Buffalo burglary 1,273 in 2025
- Buffalo sexual assault 288 in 2025
- Buffalo homicide 29 in 2025
- Buffalo other 1 in 2025