Violent Crime in Yonkers Fell 27% in 2025

Yonkers reported 529 violent crimes in 2025, according to figures released by the city and the Yonkers Police Department in January 2026. That’s down 27% from 729 in 2024, and down 42% from 918 in 2011. Violent crimes are murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Reported Violent Crimes in Yonkers

Murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault

Below state and national rates

Raw counts don’t account for population, so it helps to compare rates. Using the most recent FBI data (2024), Yonkers had 312 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, below both the New York State rate (380) and the national rate (359). Its property crime rate was lower still: about 1,015 per 100,000, compared with roughly 1,700 statewide and nationally.

Violent Crime Rate, 2024

Reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents

Property Crime Rate, 2024

Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft per 100,000 residents

Not every neighborhood feels it equally

Citywide totals can hide big differences from block to block. Community violence-prevention workers told News 12 that some Yonkers neighborhoods still face more crime than others, even as the overall numbers fall.

About this data

Two sources are used here, and they count slightly differently. The 2011, 2024 and 2025 counts come from the City of Yonkers. The 2024 rates come from the FBI’s national crime data, which recorded 644 violent crimes in Yonkers for 2024, fewer than the city’s own count of 729. Differences like this are common because police departments and the FBI use different reporting systems and update their figures at different times. Within each chart, every number comes from the same source, so the comparisons are consistent.