Data through July 2026, New York City Police Department

Crime in New York, NY

The violent crime rate in New York is 625 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, 43% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −9% compared with the previous 12 months.

View of the Empire State Building in New York City from the Top of the Rock at 30 Rockefeller Plaza during sunset. — Photo: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Jul 2026

Violent crime

625 per 100,000 residents, per year

52,121 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−9% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,189 per 100,000 residents, per year

182,518 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−9% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

2,814 per 100,000 residents, per year

234,639 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 8,336,817, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where New York sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

625

New York has the 71st-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 231 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is New York; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

Place	Violent per 100k	Rank
Los Angeles, CA	646	66
Fort Lauderdale, FL	639	67
Knoxville, TN	633	68
North Charleston, SC	633	69
Tallahassee, FL	633	70
New York, NY	625	71
Long Beach, CA	621	72
Louisville, KY	612	73
Montgomery, AL	611	74
Davenport, IA	611	75
Syracuse, NY	611	76

The places closest to New York in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Crime by neighborhood

197 neighborhoods, 12 months to Jun 2026

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SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, last 12 months. Click an area for details.

Lowest violent crime rates

Douglaston-Little Neck171−84% vs. city
Windsor Terrace-South Slope179−83% vs. city
Borough Park190−82% vs. city
Bay Terrace-Clearview213−80% vs. city
Upper East Side-Yorkville258−76% vs. city

Highest violent crime rates

Midtown-Times Square5,095+372% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
Hunts Point4,089+279% vs. city
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square3,115+189% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
Mott Haven-Port Morris2,801+160% vs. city
Melrose2,770+157% vs. city

All 197 neighborhoods, ranked by violent crime rate

Rank	Neighborhood	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Residents	vs. city
1	Midtown-Times Square	5,095	29,622	24,222	+372%
2	Hunts Point	4,089	9,127	14,331	+279%
3	Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square	3,115	13,956	31,457	+189%
4	Mott Haven-Port Morris	2,801	5,901	54,665	+160%
5	Melrose	2,770	5,357	40,395	+157%
6	Tremont	2,683	3,898	30,449	+149%
7	West Farms	2,537	5,063	19,081	+135%
8	Mount Hope	2,404	3,241	46,502	+123%
9	Brownsville	2,397	3,557	57,271	+122%
10	Jamaica	2,370	6,533	57,767	+120%
11	Fordham Heights	2,349	4,059	30,401	+118%
12	Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill	2,327	7,827	38,801	+116%
13	Morrisania	2,313	3,192	35,618	+114%
14	East New York (North)	2,313	3,544	40,553	+114%
15	East Harlem (North)	2,238	4,112	61,229	+107%
16	Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills	2,225	2,963	18,020	+106%
17	Crotona Park East	2,146	4,520	28,563	+99%
18	Concourse-Concourse Village	2,146	3,538	65,717	+99%
19	Ocean Hill	2,120	4,741	35,944	+97%
20	Williamsbridge-Olinville	2,105	3,490	58,101	+95%
21	St. George-New Brighton	2,096	3,402	19,462	+94%
22	Longwood	2,089	3,436	38,158	+94%
23	Belmont	2,057	4,100	33,930	+91%
24	Highbridge	2,010	2,466	30,739	+86%
25	Mount Eden-Claremont (West)	1,973	2,922	47,025	+83%
26	East New York-New Lots	1,876	3,582	50,200	+74%
27	University Heights (South)-Morris Heights	1,867	2,707	51,789	+73%
28	Hell's Kitchen	1,831	4,834	56,375	+70%
29	Coney Island-Sea Gate	1,804	3,804	46,898	+67%
30	Harlem (North)	1,784	3,170	78,919	+65%
31	Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville	1,773	3,876	21,881	+64%
32	Port Richmond	1,728	1,957	21,413	+60%
33	East Flatbush-Remsen Village	1,728	2,678	37,046	+60%
34	Harlem (South)	1,719	5,497	44,621	+59%
35	University Heights (North)-Fordham	1,699	2,943	44,076	+58%
36	Allerton	1,668	4,175	32,792	+55%
37	Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills	1,650	3,749	31,211	+53%
38	Claremont Village-Claremont (East)	1,634	2,580	23,254	+51%
39	Bedford Park	1,605	2,702	52,584	+49%
40	East Harlem (South)	1,589	3,124	56,650	+47%
41	Norwood	1,574	2,679	41,167	+46%
42	Wakefield-Woodlawn	1,571	2,880	45,136	+46%
43	Manhattanville-West Harlem	1,571	3,494	21,010	+46%
44	Far Rockaway-Bayswater	1,561	2,962	55,546	+45%
45	Lower East Side	1,555	5,704	46,549	+44%
46	Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester	1,531	3,441	49,003	+42%
47	Bushwick (West)	1,481	3,630	55,587	+37%
48	Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River	1,453	2,966	70,409	+35%
49	Crown Heights (North)	1,435	2,746	80,764	+33%
50	East Flatbush-Erasmus	1,408	2,630	45,167	+31%
51	North Corona	1,398	1,376	41,136	+30%
52	Cypress Hills	1,391	2,082	40,968	+29%
53	Tribeca-Civic Center	1,385	6,770	24,047	+28%
54	Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)	1,353	3,204	80,175	+25%
55	Pelham Parkway-Van Nest	1,345	3,051	30,710	+25%
56	SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square	1,328	13,022	22,055	+23%
57	East New York-City Line	1,323	2,519	43,149	+23%
58	Baisley Park	1,316	2,205	40,811	+22%
59	Westchester Square	1,313	2,777	16,457	+22%
60	East Williamsburg	1,295	3,733	50,195	+20%
61	Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere	1,276	1,965	39,179	+18%
62	Inwood	1,274	2,193	34,379	+18%
63	Sunset Park (West)	1,262	2,340	51,591	+17%
64	Chelsea-Hudson Yards	1,251	5,465	66,052	+16%
65	Castle Hill-Unionport	1,239	2,997	39,210	+15%
66	Chinatown-Two Bridges	1,236	2,680	40,305	+15%
67	Kingsbridge-Marble Hill	1,231	6,268	21,601	+14%
68	Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate	1,228	2,239	46,894	+14%
69	South Jamaica	1,208	1,838	42,052	+12%
70	Spring Creek-Starrett City	1,196	6,879	16,137	+11%
71	Crown Heights (South)	1,194	2,187	47,914	+11%
72	Fort Greene	1,170	4,061	31,196	+8%
73	Washington Heights (South)	1,151	2,687	68,226	+7%
74	South Ozone Park	1,139	2,002	75,333	+6%
75	Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill	1,135	2,532	46,796	+5%
76	East Flatbush-Rugby	1,133	1,847	40,500	+5%
77	Flatbush	1,129	1,935	62,985	+5%
78	Bushwick (East)	1,115	2,512	58,767	+3%
79	Richmond Hill	1,074	1,945	32,296	no change
80	East Flatbush-Farragut	1,071	1,729	32,502	−1%
81	Soundview-Clason Point	1,064	2,678	35,324	−1%
82	Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville	1,063	1,868	31,692	−1%
83	Old Astoria-Hallets Point	1,049	1,841	17,926	−3%
84	Corona	1,044	1,356	69,917	−3%
85	Long Island City-Hunters Point	1,013	4,364	30,500	−6%
86	Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village	1,002	1,785	31,144	−7%
87	Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)	977	3,108	84,471	−9%
88	Flushing-Willets Point	972	3,481	66,181	−10%
89	Hollis	958	1,886	23,276	−11%
90	Brighton Beach	950	1,774	31,792	−12%
91	Jackson Heights	946	2,129	96,461	−12%
92	South Richmond Hill	940	2,340	22,864	−13%
93	Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook	935	2,384	56,036	−13%
94	St. Albans	876	1,748	49,075	−19%
95	Washington Heights (North)	873	2,828	68,042	−19%
96	Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village	868	1,936	33,884	−20%
97	Canarsie	864	1,902	84,132	−20%
98	Parkchester	861	1,480	31,825	−20%
99	East Village	860	2,739	67,657	−20%
100	Laurelton	858	1,562	24,708	−20%
101	West Village	853	5,163	33,159	−21%
102	Ridgewood	844	2,158	62,889	−22%
103	Greenwich Village	844	5,158	32,341	−22%
104	Throgs Neck-Schuylerville	834	2,282	45,571	−23%
105	College Point	834	2,340	31,671	−23%
106	East Elmhurst	833	2,063	31,797	−23%
107	Morris Park	814	3,439	23,584	−25%
108	Elmhurst	813	2,898	102,158	−25%
109	Jamaica Hills-Briarwood	809	1,529	37,214	−25%
110	Ozone Park	804	3,246	22,274	−26%
111	Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley	802	3,044	48,984	−26%
112	Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)	800	2,635	36,627	−26%
113	Financial District-Battery Park City	795	4,250	50,169	−26%
114	Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill	782	1,353	24,161	−27%
115	Rosedale	756	1,293	25,667	−30%
116	Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island	752	2,069	27,646	−30%
117	Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest	752	1,661	33,782	−30%
118	Queens Village	744	1,626	51,470	−31%
119	Jamaica Estates-Holliswood	734	2,123	22,329	−32%
120	Flatlands	716	2,229	63,538	−34%
121	East Midtown-Turtle Bay	699	3,242	43,344	−35%
122	Gravesend (South)	695	1,586	28,760	−36%
123	West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill	682	1,298	35,046	−37%
124	Ozone Park (North)	680	1,419	25,867	−37%
125	Williamsburg	680	3,205	61,035	−37%
126	Morningside Heights	671	1,847	36,809	−38%
127	Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)	670	1,268	33,747	−38%
128	Pelham Gardens	664	2,560	27,847	−38%
129	Sunset Park (Central)	661	1,158	52,665	−39%
130	New Dorp-Midland Beach	661	2,117	27,545	−39%
131	Bensonhurst	649	1,365	99,383	−40%
132	Woodside	639	1,826	50,374	−41%
133	Queensboro Hill	630	1,872	22,388	−42%
134	Gramercy	627	2,338	27,114	−42%
135	Co-op City	624	2,676	35,392	−42%
136	Sunnyside	622	2,480	49,513	−42%
137	Tottenville-Charleston	617	2,441	15,238	−43%
138	Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach	604	1,443	65,415	−44%
139	Woodhaven	597	1,583	39,729	−45%
140	Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills	588	1,637	34,341	−45%
141	Clinton Hill	575	2,053	27,132	−47%
142	Gravesend (West)	565	1,563	57,321	−48%
143	Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville	560	1,419	40,741	−48%
144	Bellerose	548	1,423	25,161	−49%
145	Cambria Heights	548	1,461	18,072	−49%
146	Greenpoint	544	2,091	36,918	−50%
147	Madison	542	1,520	39,272	−50%
148	Astoria (Central)	536	1,545	49,458	−50%
149	Upper West Side-Lincoln Square	535	3,120	66,957	−50%
150	Prospect Heights	521	1,648	22,271	−52%
151	Maspeth	520	2,082	40,969	−52%
152	Bay Ridge	516	1,535	82,189	−52%
153	Murray Hill-Kips Bay	514	2,046	60,160	−52%
154	Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel	512	1,571	22,857	−53%
155	Glendale	511	1,662	33,276	−53%
156	Gravesend (East)-Homecrest	502	1,716	50,004	−53%
157	Bath Beach	492	1,469	31,321	−54%
158	Westerleigh-Castleton Corners	487	1,856	29,794	−55%
159	Rego Park	481	2,219	29,115	−55%
160	Park Slope	480	2,172	54,368	−55%
161	Howard Beach-Lindenwood	472	2,553	25,856	−56%
162	Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway	465	2,645	47,568	−57%
163	Fresh Meadows-Utopia	460	2,487	22,194	−57%
164	Midwood	459	1,401	50,093	−57%
165	Upper West Side (Central)	449	2,566	96,352	−58%
166	Bayside	442	1,742	33,705	−59%
167	Forest Hills	434	2,759	84,259	−60%
168	Kensington	415	1,156	39,549	−62%
169	New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis	414	1,076	40,603	−62%
170	Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill	401	3,933	59,109	−63%
171	Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park	398	1,514	22,134	−63%
172	Dyker Heights	397	1,109	44,283	−63%
173	East Flushing	396	1,074	32,868	−63%
174	Kew Gardens	390	1,560	23,082	−64%
175	Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village	380	2,978	21,321	−65%
176	Middle Village	380	1,807	32,650	−65%
177	Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing	375	1,279	54,351	−65%
178	Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach	373	2,532	44,471	−65%
179	Auburndale	371	1,658	34,268	−66%
180	Kew Gardens Hills	349	1,463	34,104	−68%
181	Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow	346	836	38,390	−68%
182	Oakwood-Richmondtown	344	656	21,204	−68%
183	Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil	344	1,798	45,392	−68%
184	Mapleton-Midwood (West)	337	931	37,067	−69%
185	Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights	325	1,126	31,086	−70%
186	Brooklyn Heights	295	2,070	23,765	−73%
187	Whitestone-Beechhurst	290	1,680	26,905	−73%
188	South Williamsburg	277	1,016	45,180	−74%
189	Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island	273	1,385	81,003	−75%
190	Great Kills-Eltingville	270	811	51,806	−75%
191	Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills	259	1,459	23,913	−76%
192	Arden Heights-Rossville	258	685	29,060	−76%
193	Upper East Side-Yorkville	258	1,481	79,600	−76%
194	Bay Terrace-Clearview	213	1,260	22,055	−80%
195	Borough Park	190	687	88,938	−82%
196	Windsor Terrace-South Slope	179	921	22,372	−83%
197	Douglaston-Little Neck	171	1,229	23,926	−84%

New York City’s 262 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (2020), drawn by NYC Planning. NYPD publishes where each complaint happened but not the street name, so there is no street-level detail. Population from the 2020 Census blocks inside each area, scaled to the city’s current total. Parks, cemeteries, airports and places with fewer than 2,500 residents are drawn but not rated. Small areas swing more from month to month, so rates use the last 12 months.

All 197 neighborhoods side by side, with property crime and the change from a year earlier: New York neighborhoods by reported crime rate.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Jul 2026

RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 13,726 reported165−11% vs. a year ago
HomicideViolent, 236 reported2.8−27% vs. a year ago
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 133,233 reported1,598−9% vs. a year ago
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 22,299 reported267−1% vs. a year ago
Vehicle theftProperty, 14,823 reported178−9% vs. a year ago
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 11,574 reported139−12% vs. a year ago

See the table

Offense	Reported	Per 100k	vs. previous month	vs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent	13,726	165	—	−11%
HomicideViolent	236	2.8	—	−27%
TheftProperty	133,233	1,598	—	−9%
Theft from vehiclesProperty	22,299	267	—	−1%
Vehicle theftProperty	14,823	178	—	−9%
BurglaryProperty	11,574	139	—	−12%

About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports New York City Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (103rd highest rate of 155), robbery (16th highest rate of 152) and burglary (108th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Aug 2025 to Jul 2026

Violent crime −9%

Violent crimes per month in New York, NY, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
Month	Violent crimes	Month a year earlier	Violent crimes
Aug 2025	4906	Aug 2024	5068
Sep 2025	4741	Sep 2024	4929
Oct 2025	4612	Oct 2024	4906
Nov 2025	4418	Nov 2024	4545
Dec 2025	3941	Dec 2024	4261
Jan 2026	3782	Jan 2025	4078
Feb 2026	3520	Feb 2025	3784
Mar 2026	4287	Mar 2025	4636
Apr 2026	4265	Apr 2025	4959
May 2026	4705	May 2025	5314
Jun 2026	4641	Jun 2025	5391
Jul 2026	4303	Jul 2025	5301

Homicides −27%

Homicides per month in New York, NY, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
Month	Homicides	Month a year earlier	Homicides
Aug 2025	35	Aug 2024	21
Sep 2025	26	Sep 2024	36
Oct 2025	21	Oct 2024	35
Nov 2025	16	Nov 2024	36
Dec 2025	12	Dec 2024	24
Jan 2026	15	Jan 2025	24
Feb 2026	12	Feb 2025	20
Mar 2026	20	Mar 2025	18
Apr 2026	22	Apr 2025	31
May 2026	20	May 2025	21
Jun 2026	18	Jun 2025	30
Jul 2026	19	Jul 2025	29

126 in 2026 through July, 173 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Aug 2023

Reported crime per month in New York, NY
Month	Violent	Property	Homicides
Jul 2026	4,303	13,922	19
Jun 2026	4,641	14,899	18
May 2026	4,705	15,064	20
Apr 2026	4,265	14,717	22
Mar 2026	4,287	15,262	20
Feb 2026	3,520	12,437	12
Jan 2026	3,782	14,175	15
Dec 2025	3,941	15,106	12
Nov 2025	4,418	15,806	16
Oct 2025	4,612	17,020	21
Sep 2025	4,741	16,833	26
Aug 2025	4,906	17,277	35
Jul 2025	5,301	17,439	29
Jun 2025	5,391	16,047	30
May 2025	5,314	17,078	21
Apr 2025	4,959	16,189	31
Mar 2025	4,636	16,431	18
Feb 2025	3,784	14,519	20
Jan 2025	4,078	15,703	24
Dec 2024	4,261	16,104	24
Nov 2024	4,545	17,024	36
Oct 2024	4,906	17,873	35
Sep 2024	4,929	17,205	36
Aug 2024	5,068	17,976	21
Jul 2024	5,404	17,747	49
Jun 2024	5,444	16,631	32
May 2024	5,208	16,718	30
Apr 2024	4,598	15,726	21
Mar 2024	4,615	16,106	32
Feb 2024	4,171	15,165	21
Jan 2024	4,454	16,206	24
Dec 2023	4,675	16,834	32
Nov 2023	4,428	16,288	32
Oct 2023	5,034	17,324	25
Sep 2023	4,744	16,665	36
Aug 2023	4,958	17,993	34

When crime happens in New York

12 months to May 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in New York happened between 2 pm and midnight. Friday and Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 6 pm

Property crime busiest hour 5 pm

Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by New York City Police Department.

See the numbers by hour

Violent crime in New York by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	379	848	1,227
7 am	471	1,194	1,665
8 am	610	1,586	2,196
9 am	559	1,478	2,037
10 am	672	1,585	2,257
11 am	679	1,733	2,412
12 pm	718	2,032	2,750
1 pm	824	1,875	2,699
2 pm	927	2,357	3,284
3 pm	1,047	2,754	3,801
4 pm	1,105	2,634	3,739
5 pm	1,064	2,664	3,728
6 pm	1,091	2,832	3,923
7 pm	1,099	2,695	3,794
8 pm	1,142	2,673	3,815
9 pm	1,106	2,516	3,622
10 pm	1,147	2,291	3,438
11 pm	1,101	2,118	3,219
12 am	1,087	1,800	2,887
1 am	1,098	1,502	2,600
2 am	988	1,212	2,200
3 am	988	952	1,940
4 am	925	937	1,862
5 am	506	740	1,246
Total with a known time	21,333	45,008	66,341

Property crime in New York by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	565	1,290	1,855
7 am	834	2,120	2,954
8 am	1,171	3,061	4,232
9 am	1,296	3,414	4,710
10 am	1,568	3,933	5,501
11 am	1,688	4,246	5,934
12 pm	2,109	5,137	7,246
1 pm	1,923	4,725	6,648
2 pm	2,106	4,960	7,066
3 pm	2,318	5,448	7,766
4 pm	2,210	5,418	7,628
5 pm	2,284	5,680	7,964
6 pm	2,330	5,425	7,755
7 pm	1,981	4,862	6,843
8 pm	1,890	4,264	6,154
9 pm	1,507	3,425	4,932
10 pm	1,350	2,881	4,231
11 pm	1,208	2,438	3,646
12 am	1,151	2,259	3,410
1 am	1,002	1,832	2,834
2 am	989	1,838	2,827
3 am	915	1,821	2,736
4 am	862	1,668	2,530
5 am	655	1,266	1,921
Total with a known time	35,912	83,411	119,323

How New York compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#	Place	Violent	Property	Residents	Data to
31	Houston, TX	837	3,679	2,413,559	Mar 2026
38	Philadelphia, PA	795	4,163	1,562,379	Jul 2026
58	Phoenix, AZ	678	1,905	1,688,662	Jul 2026
66	Los Angeles, CA	646	2,083	3,898,747	Aug 2026
71	New York, NY	625	2,189	8,336,817	Jul 2026
86	Dallas, TX	549	2,992	1,304,379	Sep 2026
94	San Antonio, TX	525	3,678	1,549,306	Aug 2026
130	Chicago, IL *	392	2,856	2,746,388	Mar 2026
133	Las Vegas, NV	390	2,295	1,712,136	May 2026
135	San Diego, CA	385	1,551	1,409,432	Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to New York in population, New York included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#	Place	Violent	Property	Residents	Data to
51	Buffalo, NY	715	3,379	276,384	May 2026
71	New York, NY	625	2,189	8,336,817	Jul 2026
76	Syracuse, NY	611	3,247	145,890	Aug 2026
80	Rochester, NY	581	2,554	206,391	Jun 2026
198	Yonkers, NY	249	781	211,056	Aug 2026

All 5 places in New York on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#	Place	Violent	Property	Residents	Data to
35	Paterson, NJ	813	2,185	160,567	Jul 2026
38	Philadelphia, PA	795	4,163	1,562,379	Jul 2026
71	New York, NY	625	2,189	8,336,817	Jul 2026
113	Jersey City, NJ	467	1,667	305,249	Aug 2026
119	Newark, NJ	424	1,560	318,638	Jul 2026
134	New Haven, CT	388	3,091	139,715	May 2026
172	Elizabeth, NJ	315	2,057	141,194	Jul 2026
198	Yonkers, NY	249	781	211,056	Aug 2026
217	Bridgeport, CT	226	1,167	152,588	Sep 2026
245	Stamford, CT	158	1,006	140,066	Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to New York by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#	Place	Violent	Property	Residents	Data to

* Chicago, IL reports less to the FBI than it records; its own page leads with its own figures. Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare New York side by side with Los Angeles, Houston or Philadelphia, or with any other place.

Other cities in New York

4 city pages, closest first

New York as a whole has 378 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; New York’s rate is 65% above the state’s.

Yonkers Syracuse Rochester Buffalo

All 5 cities in New York

Common questions

answered with the data above

Is New York safe?

By reported violent crime, New York is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 625 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, −9% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood: Douglaston-Little Neck runs 171 per 100,000 and Midtown-Times Square 5,095.

What is the crime rate in New York?

625 violent and 2,189 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 234,639 incidents reported to New York City Police Department over the 12 months to July 2026. Violent crime includes 13,726 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 11,574 burglaries, 22,299 thefts from vehicles and 133,233 other thefts.

Is crime in New York going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −9% and property crime −9% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has New York had in 2026?

New York City Police Department reported 126 homicides from January to July 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 173 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026 the count was 236, or 3 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From New York City Police Department, via NYC OpenData (dataset qgea-i56i + 5uac-w243). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting New York

12 months to July 2026

Violent crime was down 9% and property crime down 9% over the 12 months to July 2026, compared with the 12 months before.
236 homicides over the 12 months to July 2026, down 27% on the 12 months before.

What most people ask about	Reported	Per 100k	vs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat	13,726	165	−11%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal	11,574	139	−12%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included	22,299	267	−1%
Vehicle theft	14,823	178	−9%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, which overstates them where far more people work than live: Midtown-Times Square, Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Tribeca-Civic Center and SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square in New York.

The official source is New York City Police Department data on NYC OpenData. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

qgea-i56i + 5uac-w243

Source: New York City Police Department, via NYC OpenData (dataset qgea-i56i + 5uac-w243)
Latest complete month: July 2026
History on this site: August 2023 to July 2026 (43 months)
Update schedule: Published quarterly by NYPD in two datasets, one with past years and one with the current year, which we combine so each complaint counts once. We pick up each update the morning after it lands.
Download: Monthly counts by offense (JSON)