The crime rate in East Hampton is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 22 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 East Hampton is 1 in 45. Based on FBI crime data, East Hampton is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New York, East Hampton has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare East Hampton to other communities of similar population, then East Hampton crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how East Hampton 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 East Hampton 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 East Hampton.

For East Hampton, 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 East Hampton than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1531, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that East Hampton's rate for property crime is 22 per one thousand population. This makes East Hampton 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 East Hampton is one in 46.