The crime rate in Central Square is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 28 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Central Square is 1 in 36. Based on FBI crime data, Central Square is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New York, Central Square has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a village's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 1,852, Central Square has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Central Square does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Central Square.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Central Square 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 Central Square.

For Central Square, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Central Square than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1852, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Central Square is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Central Square, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.