Rochester, New York, has experienced at least two publicly reported machete attacks in 2026, highlighting a pair of violent incidents involving the weapon. On June 22, a 42-year-old man suffered a traumatic injury when his hand was severed during an attack near Clifford and Joseph Avenues. Less than a month later, on July 17, a 16-year-old girl was seriously injured in a machete attack on St. Paul Street near Avenue A. She sustained severe lacerations, underwent emergency surgery, and is expected to recover. Police detained a suspect at the scene and said the incident was not believed to be random. While Rochester Police do not publish crime statistics by specific weapon type, these two incidents represent the publicly reported machete attacks in the city so far this year.