Crime by type
New York Crime by Type
The offense categories that define risk across the five boroughs, and how each one behaves.
Overview
What drives crime in New York
In a city this dense, different crimes follow different logic. Some track the subway and the commercial day, others cluster in a handful of precincts, and a few are genuinely rare considering how many people pass through the city each day.
By category
Rates and odds by crime type
Estimated annual rate per 100,000 residents and your everyday odds, with risk level relative to the U.S. average.
Drill down
What's actually reported in New York
The most common specific offenses behind each category, from reported incident descriptions.
Assault 62,313 reports
Retail Theft 48,496 reports
Other 47,553 reports
Drug Offense 21,360 reports
DUI/Traffic 19,726 reports
Theft 16,386 reports
Detail
Crime types in New York, explained
Motor Vehicle Theft
Auto theft and break-ins concentrate in the outer boroughs where street parking dominates; Manhattan's reliance on garages and transit keeps its numbers comparatively low.
Theft / Larceny
Grand and petit larceny make up the bulk of complaints, driven by pickpocketing and grabs in crowded Midtown, Times Square, retail corridors, and busy subway stations.
Burglary
Residential and commercial break-ins are spread unevenly, rising in areas with more ground-floor access and street-level retail and staying low in doorman-heavy districts.
Aggravated Assault
Felony assault is concentrated in specific precincts in the South Bronx, central Brooklyn, and parts of Upper Manhattan rather than spread evenly across the city.
Robbery
Robberies cluster around transit hubs, late-night commercial strips, and a subset of neighborhoods, with risk climbing in the overnight hours.
Homicide
Homicide is statistically rare for the city's population and remains tightly concentrated in a small number of neighborhoods.