Crime Score for ZIP 14216, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 72.78% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#8,820
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
New York rank
#487
of 731 in state
Score index
41.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 14216 covers part of Buffalo in New York. In June 2026 it scored in the 27.2th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #8,820, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within New York it ranks #487 of 731. That is 21.1 points below the New York median of 48.3.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 14216. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 14216
- Is ZIP code 14216 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 14216 scores in the 27.2th percentile for reported crime as of June 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 14216 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 14216 compare with the rest of New York?
- It ranks #487 of 731 scored ZIP codes in New York, against a state median of the 48.3th percentile. Nationally it ranks #8,820 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.