These Are The Top 5 Crimes Committed in Buffalo In 2022

The data is in for the reported crimes in Buffalo last year and these are the top 5. With all the headlines about shootings lately, you might think that homicide is the biggest crime in Buffalo, but that's not actually the case. Larceny is the crime committed the most in the 716. Wikipedia describes larceny as,

a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business.

The data was pulled from the Buffalo Police Department's crime statistics, which I sorted and analyzed.

While murders didn't make the top 5, the statistics are still quite high. There were 68 homicides in Buffalo from January to December of 2022. In 2021 there were 67 murders, and in 2020 there were 65. There were 75 rapes in Buffalo last year. The other crimes that made the top 5 are listed below with the stats for each month.

5. Robberies committed (by month) in 2022

52 January
44 February
56 March
42 April
41 May
37 June
37 July
51 August
53 September
44 October
40 November
35 December

Total: 532

4. Assaults committed (by month) in 2022

78 January
84 February
73 March
111 April
138 May
150 June
143 July
124 August
115 September
119 October
89 November
94 December

Total: 1318

3. Burglaries committed (by month) in 2022

73 January
79 February
87 March
94 April
102 May
118 June
140 July
126 August
126 September
112 October
85 November
211 December

Total: 1353

2. Motor Vehicle Thefts committed (by month) in 2022

115 January
78 February
75 March
74 April
89 May
105 June
113 July
137 August
139 September
147 October
106 November
208 December

Total: 1386

1. Larcenies committed (by month) in 2022

411 January
365 February
389 March
495 April
457 May
525 June
665 July
614 August
615 September
602 October
409 November
464 December

Total: 6011

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Buffalo Makes The List Of U.S. Cities With Highest Murder Rates

Buffalo made the list of cities in America with the most homicides. 24/7 Wall St. compiled the list. It used homicide data from this year along with population 2020 data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

We considered all U.S. cities with populations of at least 250,000 as well as cities with smaller populations and an average of at least 10 homicides a year between 2015 and 2019. Only cities with publicly available homicide data were considered.

19. Buffalo, NY

> Murders in 2022 per 100,000 people: 15.6
> Total murders from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2022: 40
> Population: 255,805

Credit: 24/7 Wall St.