Buffalo Crime 2025
Buffalo · 2025 · updated 2026-11-12
Buffalo police open data lists 12,333 incidents for 2025, down 12.4% from 2024. That is about 4,459 incidents per 100,000 residents (average across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data: 7,859). The most common crime types were theft (51.0%), assault (17.9%), auto theft (14.7%). The busiest month was July (1,311) and the quietest December (791).
Crime types in 2025
| Crime type | Incidents | Share | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 6,287 | 51.0% | down 7.0% |
| Assault | 2,208 | 17.9% | down 7.6% |
| Auto theft | 1,816 | 14.7% | down 33.4% |
| Burglary | 1,273 | 10.3% | down 7.7% |
| Robbery | 431 | 3.5% | down 11.3% |
| Sexual assault | 288 | 2.3% | down 3.0% |
| Homicide | 29 | 0.2% | down 31.0% |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | — |
Month by month
| Jan | 921 |
| Feb | 798 |
| Mar | 905 |
| Apr | 1,009 |
| May | 1,114 |
| Jun | 1,111 |
| Jul | 1,311 |
| Aug | 1,106 |
| Sep | 1,207 |
| Oct | 1,122 |
| Nov | 938 |
| Dec | 791 |
Neighborhoods with the most reports in 2025
- North Park 879 incidents
- Broadway Fillmore 654 incidents
- Kensington-Bailey 592 incidents
- Central 586 incidents
- Elmwood Bidwell 528 incidents
- Elmwood Bryant 517 incidents
- West Side 482 incidents
- Upper West Side 449 incidents
Counts are not adjusted for population or area.
Questions
How much crime was reported in Buffalo in 2025?
12,333 incidents for 2025 in Buffalo Police Department open data.
Did crime go up or down in Buffalo in 2025?
Reported incidents were down 12.4% from 2024.
Other years
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Source: Buffalo Police Department open data. Police-reported incidents, not convictions.