2026 Compare Cities Crime:
Cortland, NY vs Niagara Falls, NY

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- Niagara Falls has 85% more violent crime than Cortland.
- Niagara Falls has 62% more property crime than Cortland.
 Cortland, NYNiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock5722.7
 Property Crime27.3  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Cortland    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

i was born here and this city is like a real life pvp-enabled zone. god isnt watching  More

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Over 11 years ago

Cortland is a small town geographically right in the center of New York. The population is around 20K and has been the same for decades. Cortland is a typical small  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was born here (but grew up in Syracuse thank god) and moved back when I was a teen. Year after year the city goes downhill. It has went from a city with a trolley car  More

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Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 16 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Cortland, New YorkCrime Index
 McGraw, NY6.95
 Cortland West, NY8.4
 Blodgett Mills, NY9.15
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 Cortland, NY18.05

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