Buffalo Crime 2024
Buffalo · 2024 · updated 2026-11-12
Buffalo police open data lists 14,081 incidents for 2024, down 1.5% from 2023. That is about 5,090 incidents per 100,000 residents (average across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2024 data: 8,311). The most common crime types were theft (48.0%), auto theft (19.4%), assault (17.0%). The busiest month was July (1,382) and the quietest December (947).
Crime types in 2024
| Crime type | Incidents | Share | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 6,758 | 48.0% | up 14.9% |
| Auto theft | 2,728 | 19.4% | down 32.4% |
| Assault | 2,390 | 17.0% | up 9.3% |
| Burglary | 1,379 | 9.8% | down 1.4% |
| Robbery | 486 | 3.5% | down 2.2% |
| Sexual assault | 297 | 2.1% | up 17.4% |
| Homicide | 42 | 0.3% | unchanged |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | — |
Month by month
| Jan | 1,030 |
| Feb | 1,090 |
| Mar | 1,187 |
| Apr | 1,077 |
| May | 1,201 |
| Jun | 1,362 |
| Jul | 1,382 |
| Aug | 1,347 |
| Sep | 1,253 |
| Oct | 1,234 |
| Nov | 971 |
| Dec | 947 |
Neighborhoods with the most reports in 2024
- North Park 887 incidents
- Broadway Fillmore 743 incidents
- Kensington-Bailey 664 incidents
- Upper West Side 574 incidents
- Central 552 incidents
- Elmwood Bryant 550 incidents
- Elmwood Bidwell 542 incidents
- Genesee-Moselle 481 incidents
Counts are not adjusted for population or area.
Questions
How much crime was reported in Buffalo in 2024?
14,081 incidents for 2024 in Buffalo Police Department open data.
Did crime go up or down in Buffalo in 2024?
Reported incidents were down 1.5% from 2023.
Other years
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Source: Buffalo Police Department open data. Police-reported incidents, not convictions.