Neighborhoods

Safest & Most Dangerous New York Neighborhoods

Where the five boroughs feel calmest, and where complaints concentrate.

42Neighborhoods graded

81%Graded A or B

C-New York grade

Overview

How New York neighborhoods compare

New York's safety divide does not follow borough lines so much as precinct lines. Some of the safest enclaves and some of the highest-complaint districts sit within a few miles of each other, so the address matters far more than the borough name on the envelope.

Lowest crime

Safest neighborhoods in New York

Lower-density, residential areas such as Battery Park City, the Upper East Side, Forest Hills, Bay Ridge, and much of Staten Island's south shore tend to earn the strongest grades, with low violent crime and modest property numbers for their size.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Randalls and Wards Island	A+	1,662	—
2	Governors Island	A+	0	—
3	Hudson Square / West SoHo	A	2,253	$110,231
4	Upper East Side	A	210,360	$152,163
5	NoHo	A	5,670	$156,833
6	Greenwich Village	A	60,989	$141,963
7	TriBeCa	A	18,540	$239,836
8	Peter Cooper Village	A	4,558	$137,499
9	Midtown East	A	59,492	$152,466
10	Central Park	A	239	$124,993
11	SoHo	A-	9,888	$137,943
12	Stuyvesant Town	A-	14,875	$115,002

Highest crime

Highest-crime neighborhoods in New York

The heaviest report volumes show up in pockets of the South Bronx, Brownsville and East New York in Brooklyn, parts of Upper Manhattan, and the busy Midtown and transit-hub corridors where huge crowds inflate the totals.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population
1	Little Italy	D+	2,743
2	Manhattanville	C	17,727
3	Central Harlem	C	122,350
4	Chinatown	C	12,242
5	Two Bridges	C	36,818
6	East Harlem	C+	121,742
7	The Bowery	C+	18,459
8	Garment District	C+	2,404
9	Theater District	B-	6,989
10	Nolita	B-	5,989
11	Hamilton Heights	B-	54,056
12	Lower East Side	B	36,120

Full ranking

All New York neighborhoods, safest to highest-crime

Every graded neighborhood. Tap any name for its own map, grade and recent incidents.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Governors Island	A+	0	—
2	Randalls and Wards Island	A+	1,662	—
3	Hudson Square / West SoHo	A	2,253	$110,231
4	Upper East Side	A	210,360	$152,163
5	NoHo	A	5,670	$156,833
6	Greenwich Village	A	60,989	$141,963
7	TriBeCa	A	18,540	$239,836
8	Peter Cooper Village	A	4,558	$137,499
9	Midtown East	A	59,492	$152,466
10	Central Park	A	239	$124,993
11	SoHo	A-	9,888	$137,943
12	Stuyvesant Town	A-	14,875	$115,002
13	Murray Hill	A-	25,367	$146,271
14	Upper West Side	A-	212,201	$133,548
15	Gramercy Park	A-	21,756	$131,330
16	The Flatiron District	A-	12,670	$189,112
17	Battery Park City	A-	10,468	$219,222
18	Kips Bay	A-	35,293	$118,510
19	Morningside Heights	A-	38,000	$80,060
20	NoMad	B+	1,961	$170,744
21	Koreatown	B+	6,396	$143,464
22	Financial District	B+	26,301	$147,956
23	Chelsea	B+	53,010	$131,726
24	Civic Center	B+	3,950	$99,596
25	Rose Hill	B+	4,820	$144,146
26	Washington Heights	B+	139,542	$52,877
27	Inwood	B+	55,074	$51,264
28	Roosevelt Island	B+	11,734	$95,514
29	East Village	B	71,189	$83,083
30	Hell's Kitchen	B	58,186	$99,427
31	Lower East Side	B	36,120	$64,744
32	Hamilton Heights	B-	54,056	$46,944
33	Nolita	B-	5,989	$81,699
34	Theater District	B-	6,989	$130,109
35	Garment District	C+	2,404	$160,072
36	The Bowery	C+	18,459	$57,597
37	East Harlem	C+	121,742	$45,495
38	Two Bridges	C	36,818	$32,295
39	Chinatown	C	12,242	$51,548
40	Central Harlem	C	122,350	$52,375
41	Manhattanville	C	17,727	$32,397
42	Little Italy	D+	2,743	$34,881

By ZIP code

New York crime by ZIP code

ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.

#	ZIP code	Grade	Population	Median income
1	10115	A+	71	$175,581
2	10162	A	1,861	$196,410
3	10021	A	43,090	$161,654
4	10281	A	1,679	$159,398
5	10075	A	29,349	$138,288
6	10028	A	44,641	$159,306
7	10065	A	30,154	$157,922
8	10024	A	60,624	$156,599
9	10023	A	59,379	$152,549
10	10014	A	34,345	$143,783
11	10128	A	61,943	$141,466
12	10022	A	35,700	$154,600
13	10177	A	3	$64,583
14	10176	A	6	$64,583
15	10175	A	6	$64,583
16	10153	A	133	$178,696
17	10069	A	7,556	$175,601
18	10112	A	88	$111,667
19	10111	A	55	$111,667
20	10103	A	143	$111,667
21	10279	A	283	$310,706
22	10011	A	49,493	$148,906
23	10105	A	639	$302,299
24	10168	A	265	$153,061
25	10017	A	17,471	$141,279
26	10106	A	363	$166,964
27	10158	A	60	$107,534
28	10282	A-	5,573	$261,329
29	10003	A-	57,360	$128,599
30	10012	A-	24,243	$116,769
31	10010	A-	32,066	$134,334
32	10016	A-	52,698	$137,904
33	10007	A-	9,479	$224,183
34	10154	A-	85	$147,727
35	10152	A-	85	$147,727
36	10172	A-	117	$177,577
37	10171	A-	118	$177,577
38	10167	A-	117	$177,577
39	10174	A-	125	$177,577
40	10170	A-	235	$177,577
41	10166	A-	250	$177,577
42	10169	A-	51	$177,577
43	10155	A-	303	$107,857
44	10001	A-	22,286	$113,089
45	10025	A-	96,314	$95,254
46	10280	A-	4,084	$192,800
47	10045	A-	308	$183,197
48	10044	A-	11,886	$95,548
49	10005	A-	7,985	$163,933
50	10271	A-	243	$160,538
51	10019	A-	42,473	$114,328
52	10006	A-	2,643	$169,341
53	10107	A-	246	$99,569
54	10013	A-	26,990	$137,205
55	10040	A-	42,961	$57,734
56	10009	A-	61,348	$81,720
57	10034	B+	39,931	$52,604
58	10041	B+	197	$180,450
59	10018	B+	9,283	$123,123
60	10110	B+	24	$108,333
61	10036	B+	22,027	$95,444
62	10033	B+	54,749	$54,924
63	10165	B	127	$88,141
64	10199	B	799	$98,522
65	10027	B	61,938	$58,226
66	10038	B	21,349	$94,267
67	10032	B	61,105	$44,998
68	10020	B	573	$148,450
69	10039	B-	25,073	$50,215
70	10002	B-	83,824	$49,403
71	10031	B-	56,086	$45,602
72	10029	C+	78,520	$45,506
73	10119	C+	153	$171,552
74	10120	C+	152	$171,552
75	10121	C+	280	$171,552
76	10026	C+	34,021	$59,036
77	10035	C	35,804	$41,712
78	10037	C-	18,117	$54,695
79	10030	D+	28,445	$45,013

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