2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Jamestown, NY vs Amherst, NY

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- Amherst has 69% less violent crime than Jamestown.
- Amherst has 48% less property crime than Jamestown.
 Jamestown, NYAmherst, NYUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock11.222.7
 Property Crime50.7  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Jamestown, New YorkCrime Index
 Frewsburg, NY11.5
 Jamestown West, NY11.65
 Sinclairville, NY12.75
 Kennedy, NY12.85
 Cassadaga, NY13.25
 Lakewood, NY14.2
 Panama, NY14.3
 Sunset Bay, NY14.7
 Mayville, NY14.85
 Falconer, NY15.2

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