Attica is a town in Wyoming County, New York, United States.

The Town of Attica is on the northern boundary of the county and contains part of a village also named Attica (the northern part of the village is within the adjacent town of Alexander in Genesee County).

Since the 1930s Attica had been a prison town, and most correctional officers live here or nearby with their families.

Of the 43 men who died, law enforcement gunfire killed 10 hostages and 30 prisoners.

The northern town line is the border of Genesee County.

25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Attica Central School District covers the vast majority of the town.