New York City, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in New York City
- Which areas of New York City have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 205 neighbourhoods of New York City with a Safety score: Rikers Island (10/10), Great Kills-Eltingville (10/10), Douglaston-Little Neck (10/10). Highest crime among the 205 neighbourhoods of New York City with a Safety score: Midtown-Times Square (1/10), Hunts Point (1/10), Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in New York City
- Allerton 4/10
- Alley Pond Park
- Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 10/10
- Arden Heights-Rossville 10/10
- Astoria (Central) 6/10
- Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 6/10
- Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 8/10
- Astoria Park
- Auburndale 9/10
- Baisley Park 3/10
- Barren Island-Floyd Bennett Field
- Bath Beach 4/10
- Bay Ridge 8/10
- Bay Terrace-Clearview 10/10
- Bayside 8/10
- Bedford Park 4/10
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 5/10
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 5/10
- Bellerose 9/10
- Belmont 2/10
- Bensonhurst 9/10
- Borough Park 10/10
- Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 9/10
- Brighton Beach 7/10
- Bronx Park
- Brooklyn Heights 8/10
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brownsville 2/10
- Bushwick (East) 4/10
- Bushwick (West) 4/10
- Calvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries
- Calvert Vaux Park
- Cambria Heights 7/10
- Canarsie 7/10
- Canarsie Park & Pier
- Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 6/10
- Castle Hill-Unionport 5/10
- Central Park
- Chelsea-Hudson Yards 2/10
- Chinatown-Two Bridges 4/10
- Claremont Park
- Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 1/10
- Clinton Hill 6/10
- Co-op City 8/10
- College Point 7/10
- Concourse-Concourse Village 2/10
- Coney Island-Sea Gate 2/10
- Corona 7/10
- Crotona Park
- Crotona Park East 2/10
- Crown Heights (North) 3/10
- Crown Heights (South) 5/10
- Cunningham Park
- Cypress Hills 6/10
- Douglaston-Little Neck 10/10
- Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 1/10
- Dyker Beach Park
- Dyker Heights 9/10
- East Elmhurst 6/10
- East Flatbush-Erasmus 3/10
- East Flatbush-Farragut 6/10
- East Flatbush-Remsen Village 4/10
- East Flatbush-Rugby 6/10
- East Flushing 9/10
- East Harlem (North) 2/10
- East Harlem (South) 3/10
- East Midtown-Turtle Bay 6/10
- East New York (North) 1/10
- East New York-City Line 4/10
- East New York-New Lots 2/10
- East Village 5/10
- East Williamsburg 4/10
- Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 4/10
- Elmhurst 5/10
- Far Rockaway-Bayswater 3/10
- Ferry Point Park-St. Raymond Cemetery
- Financial District-Battery Park City 5/10
- Flatbush 5/10
- Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 5/10
- Flatlands 6/10
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
- Flushing-Willets Point 3/10
- Fordham Heights 2/10
- Forest Hills 7/10
- Forest Park
- Fort Greene 3/10
- Fort Hamilton 10/10
- Fort Totten
- Fort Wadsworth 9/10
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia 8/10
- Freshkills Park (North)
- Freshkills Park (South) 1/10
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 10/10
- Glendale 9/10
- Gramercy 3/10
- Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 8/10
- Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 7/10
- Gravesend (South) 8/10
- Gravesend (West) 9/10
- Great Kills Park 10/10
- Great Kills-Eltingville 10/10
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- Greenpoint 6/10
- Greenwich Village 3/10
- Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 4/10
- Harlem (North) 3/10
- Harlem (South) 2/10
- Hart Island
- Hell's Kitchen 2/10
- Highbridge 3/10
- Highbridge Park
- Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North)
- Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South)
- Hoffman & Swinburne Islands
- Hollis 7/10
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Howard Beach-Lindenwood 7/10
- Hunts Point 1/10
- Hutchinson Metro Center
- Inwood 5/10
- Inwood Hill Park
- Jackson Heights 5/10
- Jacob Riis Park-Fort Tilden-Breezy Point Tip 1/10
- Jamaica 1/10
- Jamaica Bay (East)
- Jamaica Bay (West)
- Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 7/10
- Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 8/10
- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Kensington 9/10
- Kew Gardens 9/10
- Kew Gardens Hills 9/10
- Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 6/10
- Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 3/10
- Kissena Park
- LaGuardia Airport
- Laurelton 7/10
- Lincoln Terrace Park
- Long Island City-Hunters Point 3/10
- Longwood 2/10
- Lower East Side 3/10
- Madison 8/10
- Manhattanville-West Harlem 2/10
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) 9/10
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 9/10
- Marine Park-Plumb Island
- Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 4/10
- Maspeth 9/10
- McGuire Fields
- Melrose 1/10
- Middle Village 9/10
- Middle Village Cemetery
- Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 1/10
- Midtown-Times Square 1/10
- Midwood 9/10
- Miller Field
- Montefiore Cemetery
- Morningside Heights 8/10
- Morris Park 2/10
- Morrisania 1/10
- Mott Haven-Port Morris 1/10
- Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 1/10
- Mount Hebron & Cedar Grove Cemeteries 10/10
- Mount Hope 1/10
- Mount Olivet & All Faiths Cemeteries
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 9/10
- Murray Hill-Kips Bay 7/10
- New Dorp-Midland Beach 6/10
- New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 9/10
- North & South Brother Islands
- North Corona 4/10
- Norwood 2/10
- Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 10/10
- Oakwood-Richmondtown 10/10
- Ocean Hill 1/10
- Old Astoria-Hallets Point 7/10
- Ozone Park 6/10
- Ozone Park (North) 4/10
- Park Slope 9/10
- Parkchester 7/10
- Pelham Bay Park
- Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 7/10
- Pelham Gardens 6/10
- Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 4/10
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 5/10
- Port Richmond 3/10
- Prospect Heights 6/10
- Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 5/10
- Prospect Park
- Queens Village 5/10
- Queensboro Hill 8/10
- Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 3/10
- Randall's Island 1/10
- Rego Park 8/10
- Richmond Hill 4/10
- Ridgewood 6/10
- Rikers Island 10/10
- Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 9/10
- Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 4/10
- Rockaway Community Park
- Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 7/10
- Rosedale 3/10
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 8/10
- Shirley Chisholm State Park
- Snug Harbor
- SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 1/10
- Soundview Park
- Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 4/10
- Soundview-Clason Point 2/10
- South Jamaica 5/10
- South Ozone Park 6/10
- South Richmond Hill 7/10
- South Williamsburg 10/10
- Spring Creek Park
- Spring Creek-Starrett City 3/10
- Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 7/10
- Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 3/10
- St. Albans 7/10
- St. George-New Brighton 1/10
- St. John Cemetery
- St. Michael's Cemetery
- Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 10/10
- Sunnyside 7/10
- Sunnyside Yards (North)
- Sunnyside Yards (South)
- Sunset Park (Central) 8/10
- Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 8/10
- Sunset Park (West) 5/10
- The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island
- The Evergreens Cemetery
- Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 5/10
- Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 10/10
- Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 2/10
- Tottenville-Charleston 5/10
- Tremont 1/10
- Tribeca-Civic Center 1/10
- United Nations
- University Heights (North)-Fordham 3/10
- University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 4/10
- Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 6/10
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 10/10
- Upper East Side-Yorkville 10/10
- Upper West Side (Central) 8/10
- Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 7/10
- Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 5/10
- Van Cortlandt Park
- Wakefield-Woodlawn 2/10
- Washington Heights (North) 5/10
- Washington Heights (South) 5/10
- West Farms 2/10
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 8/10
- West Village 3/10
- Westchester Square 4/10
- Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 10/10
- Whitestone-Beechhurst 10/10
- Williamsbridge-Olinville 2/10
- Williamsburg 6/10
- Windsor Terrace-South Slope 10/10
- Woodhaven 8/10
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Woodside 8/10
- Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park
Other places nearby
Mayors of New York since 2010
New York: Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Democrat). Governor: Kathy Hochul (Democrat)
Zohran Mamdani · Democrat
since January 2026
Too early to compare
Eric Adams · Democrat
January 2022 – January 2026
New York ▲ +41458% · USA ▼ −7%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Bill de Blasio · Democrat
January 2018 – January 2022
New York ▼ −100% · USA ▼ −19%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Bill de Blasio · Democrat
January 2014 – January 2018
New York ▼ −14% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
