Williston Park has an overall crime rate of 8 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 Williston Park is 1 in 125. How does Williston Park fare compared to other communities in New York of all population sizes? Williston Park's crime rate is lower than approximately 51% of New York communities.

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

For Williston Park, 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 Williston Park than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3742, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Williston Park; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.