Glen Cove is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (62%) and also has a lower crime rate than 57% of the communities in New York, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Glen Cove is one in 140 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43. It is for these reasons that Glen Cove is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Glen Cove has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Glen Cove is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Glen Cove 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 Glen Cove.

For Glen Cove, 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 Glen Cove than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2000, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Glen Cove; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.