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Every year, the FBI publishes crime counts for every town, city and village police agency in the country, including data on murder, rape, robbery, burglary and more. The 2017 data, which is the latest available, breaks crime into two categories--violent crime and property crime--and can provide a glimpse into which towns and cities suffer from higher crime rates than others.

Below, you can find the 30 most dangerous places in Upstate New York, based on crime data for the year 2017. Each place's population, total violent and property crime count and crimes per 10,000 residents are also listed, as well as its ranking on last year's list of "most dangerous places."

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METHODOLOGY

We ranked the 30 most dangerous cities and towns with populations above 5,000 using a "crime score" by aggregating crime counts for each city. We standardized the number of crimes per location, then we weighed violent crimes at 80 percent and property crimes at 20 percent, as violent crime is often of greater concern to residents.

Note that this data does not consider many factors that make policing different from community to community, including degree of urbanization, economic conditions, youth demographics, climate and more.

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#30 Medina, village (Orleans County)

Crime score: 85.4

Violent crimes: 24

Per 10,000: 42

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 149

Per 10,000: 260

Burglaries: 18

Population: 5,739

Previous year: unranked

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#29 Malone, village (Franklin County)

Crime score: 86.0

Violent crimes: 27

Per 10,000: 48

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 135

Per 10,000: 239

Burglaries: 31

Population: 5,650

Previous year: unranked

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#28 Norwich, city (Chenango County)

Crime score: 86.1

Violent crimes: 26

Per 10,000: 38

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 189

Per 10,000: 278

Burglaries: 22

Population: 6,804

Previous year: unranked

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#27 Ellicott, town (Chautauqua County)

Crime score: 86.8

Violent crimes: 9

Per 10,000: 18

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 185

Per 10,000: 363

Burglaries: 20

Population: 5,093

Previous year: #20

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#26 Oneida, city (Madison County)

Crime score: 87.1

Violent crimes: 25

Per 10,000: 23

Murders: 1

Property crimes: 380

Per 10,000: 345

Burglaries: 54

Population: 11,027

Previous year: #18

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#25 Ogdensburg, city (St. Lawrence County)

Crime score: 93.0

Violent crimes: 29

Per 10,000: 27

Murders: 1

Property crimes: 381

Per 10,000: 357

Burglaries: 70

Population: 10,685

Previous year: unranked

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#24 Lakewood-Busti, town (Chautauqua County)

Crime score: 94.5

Violent crimes: 3

Per 10,000: 4

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 334

Per 10,000: 456

Burglaries: 23

Population: 7,326

Previous year: unranked

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#23 Woodbury, town (Orange County)

Crime score: 94.6

Violent crimes: 4

Per 10,000: 4

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 505

Per 10,000: 458

Burglaries: 4

Population: 11,017

Previous year: unranked

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#22 Poughkeepsie, city (Dutchess County)

Crime score: 96.5

Violent crimes: 213

Per 10,000: 71

Murders: 2

Property crimes: 603

Per 10,000: 200

Burglaries: 111

Population: 30,159

Previous year: #24

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#21 Ilion, village (Herkimer County)

Crime score: 97.7

Violent crimes: 32

Per 10,000: 41

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 253

Per 10,000: 324

Burglaries: 34

Population: 7,801

Previous year: unranked

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#20 Niagara, town (Niagara County)

Crime score: 98.1

Violent crimes: 9

Per 10,000: 11

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 358

Per 10,000: 446

Burglaries: 36

Population: 8,030

Previous year: #15

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#19 Monticello, village (Sullivan County)

Crime score: 102.3

Violent crimes: 36

Per 10,000: 56

Murders: 1

Property crimes: 182

Per 10,000: 286

Burglaries: 40

Population: 6,373

Previous year: unranked

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#18 Albion, village (Orleans County)

Crime score: 106.2

Violent crimes: 31

Per 10,000: 52

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 192

Per 10,000: 323

Burglaries: 24

Population: 5,944

Previous year: #23

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#17 Utica, city (Oneida County)

Crime score: 110.4

Violent crimes: 337

Per 10,000: 56

Murders: 3

Property crimes: 1,986

Per 10,000: 329

Burglaries: 376

Population: 60,395

Previous year: #13

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#16 Endicott, village (Broome County)

Crime score: 112.0

Violent crimes: 74

Per 10,000: 57

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 428

Per 10,000: 331

Burglaries: 89

Population: 12,932

Previous year: #17

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#15 Jamestown, city (Chautauqua County)

Crime score: 112.5

Violent crimes: 196

Per 10,000: 66

Murders: 1

Property crimes: 879

Per 10,000: 297

Burglaries: 226

Population: 29,562

Previous year: #11

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#14 Batavia, city (Genesee County)

Crime score: 116.9

Violent crimes: 94

Per 10,000: 64

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 484

Per 10,000: 329

Burglaries: 88

Population: 14,711

Previous year: #21

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#13 Hudson, city (Columbia County)

Crime score: 121.5

Violent crimes: 46

Per 10,000: 72

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 202

Per 10,000: 318

Burglaries: 32

Population: 6,353

Previous year: unranked

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#12 Syracuse, city (Onondaga County)

Crime score: 123.8

Violent crimes: 1,009

Per 10,000: 71

Murders: 20

Property crimes: 4,817

Per 10,000: 337

Burglaries: 1,145

Population: 143,069

Previous year: #14

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#11 Watertown, city (Jefferson County)

Crime score: 125.1

Violent crimes: 139

Per 10,000: 54

Murders: 1

Property crimes: 1,054

Per 10,000: 409

Burglaries: 153

Population: 25,746

Previous year: #7

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#10 Troy, city (Rensselaer County)

Crime score: 126.3

Violent crimes: 351

Per 10,000: 71

Murders: 6

Property crimes: 1,732

Per 10,000: 349

Burglaries: 370

Population: 49,644

Previous year: #12

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#9 Schenectady, city (Schenectady County)

Crime score: 134.9

Violent crimes: 577

Per 10,000: 89

Murders: 2

Property crimes: 2,057

Per 10,000: 318

Burglaries: 348

Population: 64,710

Previous year: #10

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#8 Albany, city (Albany County)

Crime score: 140.5

Violent crimes: 876

Per 10,000: 89

Murders: 8

Property crimes: 3,394

Per 10,000: 346

Burglaries: 432

Population: 98,174

Previous year: #8

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#7 Herkimer, village (Herkimer County)

Crime score: 141.4

Violent crimes: 50

Per 10,000: 67

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 324

Per 10,000: 437

Burglaries: 29

Population: 7,410

Previous year: #4

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#6 Rochester, city (Monroe County)

Crime score: 147.9

Violent crimes: 1,872

Per 10,000: 90

Murders: 27

Property crimes: 7,934

Per 10,000: 380

Burglaries: 1,337

Population: 208,591

Previous year: #5

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#5 Binghamton, city (Broome County)

Crime score: 151.1

Violent crimes: 362

Per 10,000: 80

Murders: 4

Property crimes: 1,983

Per 10,000: 437

Burglaries: 370

Population: 45,399

Previous year: #6

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#4 Newburgh, city (Orange County)

Crime score: 152.1

Violent crimes: 347

Per 10,000: 124

Murders: 6

Property crimes: 747

Per 10,000: 266

Burglaries: 160

Population: 28,080

Previous year: #2

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#3 Johnson City, village (Broome County)

Crime score: 153.5

Violent crimes: 91

Per 10,000: 62

Murders: 0

Property crimes: 756

Per 10,000: 518

Burglaries: 116

Population: 14,595

Previous year: #9

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#2 Buffalo, city (Erie County)

Crime score: 158.3

Violent crimes: 2,611

Per 10,000: 102

Murders: 40

Property crimes: 9,827

Per 10,000: 384

Burglaries: 2,356

Population: 256,169

Previous year: #3

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#1 Niagara Falls, city (Niagara County)

Crime score: 195.1

Violent crimes: 544

Per 10,000: 112

Murders: 3

Property crimes: 2,336

Per 10,000: 483

Burglaries: 458

Population: 48,385

Previous year: #1

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