Buffalo, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in Buffalo
- Which areas of Buffalo have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 91 neighbourhoods of Buffalo with a Safety score: Census Tract 7 (10/10), Census Tract 49.02 (10/10), Census Tract 6 (10/10). Highest crime among the 91 neighbourhoods of Buffalo with a Safety score: Census Tract 165 (1/10), Census Tract 31 (1/10), Census Tract 50 (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in Buffalo
- Census Tract 1.10 7/10
- Census Tract 10 7/10
- Census Tract 11 9/10
- Census Tract 14.03 6/10
- Census Tract 14.04 1/10
- Census Tract 15 3/10
- Census Tract 16.01 6/10
- Census Tract 16.02 1/10
- Census Tract 163 3/10
- Census Tract 164 1/10
- Census Tract 165 1/10
- Census Tract 166 3/10
- Census Tract 167 4/10
- Census Tract 168.01 2/10
- Census Tract 168.02 2/10
- Census Tract 169 6/10
- Census Tract 17 3/10
- Census Tract 170 2/10
- Census Tract 171 5/10
- Census Tract 19 9/10
- Census Tract 2 2/10
- Census Tract 23 5/10
- Census Tract 24 6/10
- Census Tract 25.02 2/10
- Census Tract 27.03 2/10
- Census Tract 27.04 9/10
- Census Tract 28.01 1/10
- Census Tract 28.02 4/10
- Census Tract 29 4/10
- Census Tract 30 6/10
- Census Tract 31 1/10
- Census Tract 33.01 8/10
- Census Tract 33.02 9/10
- Census Tract 34 1/10
- Census Tract 35.01 4/10
- Census Tract 35.02 7/10
- Census Tract 36 7/10
- Census Tract 37 8/10
- Census Tract 38 5/10
- Census Tract 39.01 5/10
- Census Tract 40.02 4/10
- Census Tract 40.03 8/10
- Census Tract 41 4/10
- Census Tract 42 2/10
- Census Tract 43 8/10
- Census Tract 44.01 6/10
- Census Tract 44.02 5/10
- Census Tract 45 5/10
- Census Tract 46.01 5/10
- Census Tract 47.01 9/10
- Census Tract 47.02 7/10
- Census Tract 48 10/10
- Census Tract 49.01 10/10
- Census Tract 49.02 10/10
- Census Tract 5 6/10
- Census Tract 50 1/10
- Census Tract 51 7/10
- Census Tract 52.01 8/10
- Census Tract 52.02 10/10
- Census Tract 53 9/10
- Census Tract 54 5/10
- Census Tract 55 3/10
- Census Tract 56 4/10
- Census Tract 57 3/10
- Census Tract 58.01 7/10
- Census Tract 58.02 7/10
- Census Tract 59 5/10
- Census Tract 6 10/10
- Census Tract 61 6/10
- Census Tract 63.01 10/10
- Census Tract 63.02 9/10
- Census Tract 65.01 6/10
- Census Tract 66.01 4/10
- Census Tract 66.02 8/10
- Census Tract 67.01 9/10
- Census Tract 67.02 3/10
- Census Tract 68.01 1/10
- Census Tract 68.02 2/10
- Census Tract 69.01 8/10
- Census Tract 69.03 8/10
- Census Tract 69.04 8/10
- Census Tract 7 10/10
- Census Tract 70 3/10
- Census Tract 71.02 2/10
- Census Tract 71.03 3/10
- Census Tract 71.04 4/10
- Census Tract 72.02 9/10
- Census Tract 8 7/10
- Census Tract 9 10/10
- Census Tract 9800 10/10
- Census Tract 9805 10/10
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Mayors of Buffalo since 2010
Buffalo: Mayor Sean Ryan (Democrat). Governor: Kathy Hochul (Democrat)
Sean Ryan · Democrat
since January 2026
Too early to compare
Chris Scanlon · Democrat
October 2024 – January 2026
Buffalo ▼ −12% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Byron Brown · Democrat
January 2022 – October 2024
Buffalo ▲ +16% · USA ▲ +5%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Byron Brown · Democrat
January 2018 – January 2022
Buffalo ▼ −16% · USA ▼ −19%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Byron Brown · Democrat
January 2014 – January 2018
Buffalo ▼ −20% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
