Spotting Crime in Amherst, NY and the Buffalo area

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Amherst, NY is located in western New York outside of Buffalo. Amherst is Buffalo's largest suburb with a population of about 122k.
AMherts crime data on SpotCrime.info
In 2010 and in 2011 Amherst was ranked  by CNNMoney.com as Top 100 places to live. In 2011 and 2012, the town was ranked as one of America's 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise Alliance. Sounds like a great place to live!

And in 2011 it was ranked 6th safest out of 400 cities by the CQPress. That's great! And now there is a SpotCrime map to help keep the residents safe. Our hope is that the more people who are aware of what's happening in their area, the safer the community will become.

SpotCrime is now mapping crime information from several departments in the Amherst area including Amherst, Buffalo, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, and Cheektowaga. You can view also view all of these areas on our 'sister' site MyLocalCrime and our mobile friendly site SpotCrime.info.

We are also partnered with local news station WGRZ - they host our crime map on their site for residents to view. Head to their site to keep up on the latest news in the Amherst area.

Want to see your town on SpotCrime? Let us know and your local police department know. If a police department makes the data available, we will map it and send alert for free!

Make sure to sign up for your local crime alerts. Stay aware, stay safe!

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