Clayton has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Clayton is 1 in 113. How does Clayton fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Clayton's crime rate is lower than approximately 25% of New York communities.

However, when you compare Clayton to other communities of similar population, then Clayton crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Clayton does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Clayton does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Clayton.

Importantly, our analysis shows that Clayton has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Clayton's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Clayton's rate for property crime is 9 per one thousand population. This makes Clayton a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Clayton is one in 113.