Hampton Bays has an overall crime rate of 12 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 Hampton Bays is 1 in 84. How does Hampton Bays fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Hampton Bays's crime rate is lower than approximately 30% of New York communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Hampton Bays has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays.

For Hampton Bays, 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 Hampton Bays than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1904, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Hampton Bays's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays is one in 88.