Mid-Hudson Valley

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In 2019, there were 32 reports of domestic violence per 10,000 residents in the Mid-Hudson Valley region, just below the state (excluding NYC) rate of 41. The rate of reported domestic violence has decreased 11% since 2009, compared to a 10% decline at the state level. The rate grew only in Orange County, increasing 26%, in contrast to Greene and Putnam counties, which had decreases of 62% and 56%, respectively, since 2009.

The village of Goshen (119), and the cities of Newburgh (206) and Port Jervis (152) from Orange, and the village of Ellenville (112) from Ulster had the highest rates of domestic violence in the region in 2019.

Notes about the data

The definition of domestic violence was significantly changed in 2008, making data from earlier years not comparable. The definition was expanded to include same-sex couples, ex-spouses and boyfriends/girlfriends. In addition, it was narrowed to exclude more specifically nonviolent incidents between partners.

As a rule, domestic violence tends to be underreported, and there are many inconsistencies in the data. In addition, reporting may be influenced by factors such as public education, outreach efforts and media stories. Comparable national data were not available.

Victims of Domestic Violence

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Region	36	38	42	43	39	35	38	39	37	37	32
Columbia County	32	30	38	34	30	30	32	22	27	29	27
Dutchess County	41	40	43	47	37	32	33	36	23	31	27
Greene County	36	32	23	21	14	15	13	17	14	15	14
Orange County	37	39	51	54	53	50	51	53	59	56	47
Putnam County	17	16	15	8	12	6	7	19	8	5	7
Sullivan County	36	39	39	31	28	21	21	27	33	28	28
Ulster County	38	51	43	46	40	41	51	43	42	35	31
NYS (excluding NYC)	45	48	47	49	47	44	43	42	42	41	41

Columbia Towns
Copake	3	6
Germantown	15
Greenport	22		29		15	22	15	12	7	7	5
Stockport			4					30	30	30
Columbia Villages
Chatham	68	73	97	63	17	41	18	12
Dutchess Cities
Beacon	79	73	81	83	58	70	56	63	49	35
Poughkeepsie	145	163	154	172	144	126	113	123	82	91
Dutchess Towns
East Fishkill	12		37	33	32	31	32	37	24	18
Fishkill	5	4	7	12	6	6	5	7	7	4
Hyde Park	19	22	17	20	21	23	17	10	17	12
Pine Plains	4	8			12
Poughkeepsie	15	7	15	12	10	7	8	7	6	3
Dutchess Villages
Fishkill	14	18	14	14	14	23	14	24	10	24
Millbrook	7
Red Hook	15	5	15	5			N/A	36	N/A		26
Rhinebeck		38	72	42	8	38	N/A	4	4	4
Wappingers Falls	281	342	345	401	219	51	282	309	201	238
Greene Towns
Cairo	19	12	11	12	8	20	9	9	6	3	5
Durham								4
Hunter			4	19				4
Windham	18	41	18	18	12	36			6		66
Greene Villages
Catskill	80	83	67	80	50	46	54	34	47	65	47
Coxsackie	78	14		25	25	26	30	33	11	34
Orange Cities
Middletown	141	90	120	118	142	112	114	117	93	87	60
Newburgh		8	100	108	103	101	128	143	210	204	206
Port Jervis	188	192	216	231	182	208	174	211	265	219	152
Orange Towns
Blooming Grove	12		11	17	23	18	24	18	23	20	12
Chester	15	20	17	23	13	16	18	13	7	15	9
Cornwall	1	3	15	7	10	10	9	17	5	10	8
Crawford	16	76	99	97	89	72	61	37	51	43	22
Deerpark	20	83	91	74	64	64	63	67	54	34	63
Goshen	12	19	17	21	14	1	7	11	11	12	11
Highlands	1	1	2	2	2	7	9	4	7	5	2
Mount Hope	43	30	6	6	3	7	16	10	6	3	29
New Windsor	17	55	60	55	56	58	59	44	44	59	63
Newburgh	53	48	36	37	39	38	37	48	46	59	46
Tuxedo	3	6	6	8	17	3	0	3	11	11	8
Wallkill	68	56	56	54	69	48	64	69	65	53	47
Warwick	6	9	4	29	31	29	25	29	29	22	15
Woodbury	25	11	12	9	8	5	8	13	12		3
Orange Villages
Chester	33	41	36	13	31	54	44	28	49	41	5
Cornwall-on-Hudson	10			3	14		10	7	10	3	7
Florida	32	14	4	4	18	7	17	0	14	7	3
Goshen	16	20	63	117	121	102	106	95	123	108	119
Greenwood Lake	9	25	22	109	67	84	19	36	32	68	36
Harriman	16	41	77	52	65	86	53	37	29	49	41
Highland Falls	28	26	70	57	60	47	29	58	81	18	13
Monroe	51	57	71	88	43	70	47	39	55	59	38
Montgomery	58	58	69		5	35	64	86	93	62	51
Walden	62	128	138	172	144	117	126	118	115	94	87
Washingtonville	12	7	12		7	19	5	16	9		31
Putnam Towns
Carmel	13	11	14	10	15	8	8	6	8	4	12
Kent	35	24	21				1			1
Putnam Villages
Brewster	4	17	4	17	21	13	8	13	4	4	4
Sullivan Towns
Fallsburg	43	67	53	48	40	22	24	32	27	28	26
Sullivan Villages
Liberty	57	126	158	119	112	76	87	73	112	66	86
Monticello	50	101	152	92	92	82	66	71	73	5	64
Woodridge		12	12			38	25			26	26
Ulster Cities
Kingston	93	105	110	85	83	83	78	87	86	83	79
Ulster Towns
Lloyd	5	8	2	3	9	13	6	0	2	5	33
Marlborough	26	40	18	15	16	25	47	32	35	23	22
New Paltz	17	16	21	55	18	18	25	23	26	13
Olive		2	2	2		7	2	5	2	2
Plattekill	28	54	47	59	46	31	36	31	20	15	8
Rosendale	2	23	26	23	20	17	17	24	9	7	22
Saugerties	14	75	19	18	76	55	85	47	60	73	62
Shandaken	29	19	16	16	17	23	10	10	30	24	14
Shawangunk	30	39	19	21	20	11	12	17	8	10	5
Ulster	21	22	76	120	84	80	57	53	54	40	22
Woodstock	13	15	17	20	15	20	14	10	10	21	71
Ulster Villages
Ellenville	75	157	36	7	58	76	243	413	316	153	112
Saugerties	113	68

Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Notes: Rates are victims per 10,000 residents. The definition of domestic violence was significantly changed in 2008, making prior years not comparable. Agencies with N/A are those that did not make complete reports in that year. Saugerties Village PD was inactivated as of January 2011. Their jurisdiction is now covered by the Saugerties Town PD.

Number of Domestic Violence Victims

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Region	4,126	4,370	4,764	4,880	4,410	4,023	4,300	4,430	4,224	4,187	3,665
Columbia County	204	191	240	210	187	187	196	133	165	171	158
Dutchess County	1,212	1,180	1,275	1,401	1,097	943	980	1,057	679	923	802
Greene County	178	157	110	102	69	71	61	80	66	69	65
Orange County	1,389	1,451	1,907	2,022	1,997	1,864	1,921	2,003	2,224	2,131	1,809
Putnam County	165	156	153	79	115	58	74	183	84	52	72
Sullivan County	283	306	300	239	214	159	155	200	248	209	211
Ulster County	695	929	779	827	731	741	913	774	758	632	548
NYS (excluding NYC)	50,839	53,361	53,134	54,848	52,253	49,373	48,151	47,321	46,792	45,558	45,638

Columbia Towns
Copake	1	2
Germantown	3
Greenport	9		12		6	9	6	5	3	3	2
Stockport			1					8	8	8
Columbia Villages
Chatham	12	13	17	11	3	7	3	2
Dutchess Cities
Beacon	122	101	111	113	78	94	76	85	66	48
Poughkeepsie	474	502	474	528	438	383	343	370	248	276
Dutchess Towns
East Fishkill	35		108	97	92	90	94	108	71	52
Fishkill	10	9	17	28	15	14	13	17	16	10
Hyde Park	42	48	36	43	44	48	35	20	36	26
Pine Plains	1	2			3
Poughkeepsie	64	33	66	52	47	33	36	29	26	15
Dutchess Villages
Fishkill	3	4	3	3	3	5	3	5	2	5
Millbrook	1
Red Hook	3	1	3	1			N/A	7	N/A		5
Rhinebeck		10	19	11	2	10	N/A	1	1	1
Wappingers Falls	154	191	192	222	123	29	158	172	112	132
Greene Towns
Cairo	13	8	7	8	5	13	6	6	4	2	3
Durham								1
Hunter			1	5				1
Windham	3	7	3	3	2	6			1		11
Greene Villages
Catskill	33	34	27	32	20	18	21	13	18	25	18
Coxsackie	22	4		7	7	7	8	9	3	9
Orange Cities
Middletown	394	253	337	330	395	312	317	327	261	245	169
Newburgh		24	288	310	294	286	362	404	593	575	580
Port Jervis	167	170	190	202	158	180	150	181	227	188	130
Orange Towns
Blooming Grove	21		20	30	41	31	42	32	41	35	21
Chester	18	24	21	27	16	19	21	15	9	18	11
Cornwall	1	4	19	9	12	13	11	21	6	12	10
Crawford	15	71	92	90	82	66	56	34	47	40	20
Deerpark	16	66	72	58	50	50	49	52	42	26	49
Goshen	17	26	23	29	19	2	9	16	15	17	16
Highlands	1	1	3	2	2	8	11	5	9	6	2
Mount Hope	30	21	4	4	2	5	11	7	4	2	19
New Windsor	44	140	151	140	145	153	156	119	122	162	175
Newburgh	159	142	110	112	120	115	113	147	143	184	145
Tuxedo	1	2	2	3	6	1	0	1	4	4	3
Wallkill	185	153	156	149	193	134	180	196	185	154	135
Warwick	20	28	14	92	96	90	77	90	91	69	46
Woodbury	28	13	14	10	9	6	9	15	14		4
Orange Villages
Chester	13	16	14	5	12	21	17	11	20	17	2
Cornwall-on-Hudson	3			1	4		3	2	3	1	2
Florida	9	4	1	1	5	2	5	0	4	2	1
Goshen	9	11	34	63	65	55	57	51	66	58	64
Greenwood Lake	3	8	7	34	21	26	6	11	10	21	11
Harriman	4	10	19	13	16	21	13	9	7	12	10
Highland Falls	11	10	27	22	23	18	11	22	31	7	5
Monroe	43	48	60	75	37	60	40	33	47	51	33
Montgomery	22	22	27		2	16	29	39	42	28	23
Walden	43	88	95	117	98	79	85	79	77	63	58
Washingtonville	7	4	7		4	11	3	9	5		18
Putnam Towns
Carmel	46	38	49	36	50	27	28	22	27	12	41
Kent	47	33	28				2			1
Putnam Villages
Brewster	1	4	1	4	5	3	2	3	1	1	1
Sullivan Towns
Fallsburg	55	87	69	62	52	28	31	41	35	37	34
Sullivan Villages
Liberty	25	55	68	51	48	32	36	30	46	27	36
Monticello	34	69	103	62	62	54	43	46	47	3	41
Woodridge		1	1			3	2			2	2
Ulster Cities
Kingston	222	250	262	202	197	196	183	201	199	190	179
Ulster Towns
Lloyd	5	9	2	3	10	14	6	0	2	5	35
Marlborough	23	35	16	13	14	22	41	28	30	20	19
New Paltz	24	22	30	78	25	25	36	32	37	18
Olive		1	1	1		3	1	2	1	1
Plattekill	29	57	49	61	48	32	37	32	20	15	8
Rosendale	1	14	16	14	12	10	10	14	5	4	13
Saugerties	27	147	36	34	146	105	163	89	114	139	117
Shandaken	9	6	5	5	5	7	3	3	9	7	4
Shawangunk	43	56	27	30	28	16	17	24	11	14	7
Ulster	26	27	94	147	102	97	70	66	68	50	28
Woodstock	8	9	10	12	9	12	8	6	6	12	41
Ulster Villages
Ellenville	31	65	15	3	24	31	99	167	127	61	45
Saugerties	45	27

Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Notes: Agencies with N/A are those that did not make complete reports in that year. Saugerties Village PD was inactivated as of January 2011. Their jurisdiction is now covered by the Saugerties Town PD.

INDICATORS	TREND \| STATE
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families	Increasing
Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect	Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	Maintaining
Teen Pregnancy	Decreasing
Live Births to Teen Mothers	Decreasing
Juvenile Delinquency Intakes	Decreasing
Bullying at School	Decreasing
Average Charitable Giving	Increasing
Voter Registration Rate	Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	Decreasing
Total Population	Increasing
Population by Age	Not Applicable
Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Household Types	Not Applicable
Change in Total Jobs	Increasing
Foreign-Born Population	Increasing
Employment by Sector	Not Applicable
Spending for County Government	Increasing
Tourism Revenue	Increasing
Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services	Increasing
Prekindergarten Participation	Increasing
Students Receiving Special Education Services	Increasing
Per-Student Spending	Increasing
Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
High School Cohort Graduation Rate	Increasing
High School Cohort Dropout Rate	Decreasing
High School GED Rate	Maintaining
Plans of High School Graduates	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty	Increasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Seniors Living in Poverty	Maintaining
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care	Maintaining
Veterans Living in Poverty	Decreasing
Economically Disadvantaged Students	Increasing
Earned Income Tax Credit Participation	Decreasing
Living Wage Rate by Household Type	Not Applicable
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	Not Applicable
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Early Prenatal Care, by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Domestic Violence	Decreasing
Deaths from Drug Overdoses	Increasing
Babies with Low Birth Weights	Maintaining
People Living wth HIV	Decreasing
Mental Health Clinic Visits	Decreasing
Homeownership Rates	Maintaining
Homeless Persons	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Renters	Not Applicable
Violent Crimes	Decreasing

INDICATORS

TREND | STATE

Domestic Violence

Decreasing

Violent Crimes

Decreasing

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Notes about the data