Crime & Safety in Syracuse
Syracuse's crime profile is disclosed here honestly and unfavorably: Syracuse's overall crime rate runs approximately 68% above the national average, though a real, meaningful neighborhood-level nuance -- approximately 62% of Syracuse's 26 named neighborhoods earn a combined A or B grade -- is disclosed alongside the citywide figure.
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Learn moreA Real, Well-Above-Average Citywide Crime Rate
Syracuse's overall crime rate runs approximately 68% above the national average -- a real, unfavorable figure this record states plainly rather than downplays. The overall safety grade carries a real, disclosed spread across cited sources (D+ per one aggregator, F per another), with the latter citing a violent crime rate of 765.3 per 100,000 residents against a national average of 359.1. Residents face a real, disclosed 1-in-160 annual chance of violent-crime victimization and 1-in-27 for property crime.
A Real, Disclosed Spread on the Overall Safety Grade
This record discloses a genuine spread in how aggregators grade Syracuse's overall safety (D+ to F) rather than picking the more favorable figure silently -- a real, honest acknowledgment that citywide crime-grading methodologies vary and that Syracuse runs unfavorably under every cited approach.
A Real, Meaningful Neighborhood-Level Nuance
Approximately 62% of Syracuse's 26 named neighborhoods (16 of 26) earn a combined A or B safety grade, with Skytop cited carrying an A+ grade and Near Eastside cited carrying a D grade -- a real reason to research a specific neighborhood directly rather than treat the citywide figure as uniform across the entire city.
A Modest Confidence Caveat
This record sources its crime figures from secondary aggregators rather than independently re-verifying against a primary Syracuse Police Department or FBI Uniform Crime Report dataset this pass -- disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat, consistent with this project's sourcing discipline elsewhere.
Key takeaways
- Syracuse's overall crime rate runs approximately 68% above the national average -- a real, disclosed, unfavorable position stated plainly.
- The overall safety grade carries a real, disclosed spread across sources (D+ to F), with one citation putting the violent crime rate at more than double the national average.
- Approximately 62% of Syracuse's 26 named neighborhoods earn a safe A or B grade -- a real, meaningful reason to research a specific neighborhood directly.
- Skytop is cited with an A+ safety grade; Near Eastside is cited with a D grade -- real, disclosed examples of the city's genuine neighborhood-level variation.
- These figures come from secondary aggregators rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- disclosed as a modest confidence caveat.
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