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New York City, United States: crime rates by area

No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.

See also: New York City police area

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

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Mayors of New York since 2010

New York: Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Democrat). Governor: Kathy Hochul (Democrat)

  1. Zohran Mamdani · Democrat

    since January 2026

    Too early to compare

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

New York City, United States: Safety scores from 1 to 10 for 205 places, each compared with other places in the same country or state.
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Source: NYPD Complaint Data Historic and 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NYC Open Data); residents: 2020 census by NTA, NYC Department of City Planning, updated 28 October 2026.