SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

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 s

SpotCrime has been mapping Buffalo metropolitan area for quite a while now.  In addition to a Buffalo SpotCrime map, we also have a Cheektowaga , North Tonawanda and Niagara County maps. Buffalo is the second most populated city in New York state and is the largest populated upstate city with a population of over 260k people.   Cheektowaga is located east of Buffalo with a population of 94,000 North Tonawanda has 31,570 people Niagara County , home of Niagara Falls, has 216,470 people...a grand total of 602,040! SpotCrime receives feeds from the departments to map the data and is very proud to see data transparency in north eastern cities, particularly in New York state , and from departments of different sizes.  Ironically, we still have not established a crime data feed with the NYPD - one of the biggest departments in the US . Check out the Buffalo area SpotCrime maps at http://spotcrime.com/ny   Make sure to sign up for your local crime alert at SpotCrime.co