CityFunIndex

Buffalo, NY · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Buffalo

Buffalo ranks T#99 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 26 — Quiet. That puts it in the 27th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New York.

safety score
26
Quiet
National rank
T#99 of 134
In New York
#2 of 2
Percentile
27th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Buffalo sits 24 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of a CondorBox Membership →

Ranked around Buffalo

  1. #97 Atlanta, GA 28
  2. #98 Wilmington, DE 27
  3. T#99 Buffalo, NY — this page 26
  4. #101 Durham, NC 25
  5. #102 Anchorage, AK 24

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Buffalo

Buffalo scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: