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Data through June 2026, New York City Police Department

Crime in Bay Ridge, New York

The violent crime rate in Bay Ridge is 516 per 100,000 residents per year, 52% below New York as a whole (1,079). It ranks 152 of 197 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Jun 2026

Violent crime

516 per 100,000 residents, per year

424 reported in the last 12 months

−52% vs. New York (1,079)

Property crime

1,535 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,262 reported in the last 12 months

−45% vs. New York (2,802)

All reported

2,276 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,871 reported in the last 12 months

−46% vs. New York (4,206)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 82,189 for Bay Ridge. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending June 2026.

Where Bay Ridge sits in New York

rank 152 of 197
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Bay Ridge is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 152 of 197. Nearby in the ranking: Prospect Heights (521), Maspeth (520), Murray Hill-Kips Bay (514), Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel (512).

Violent crime, month by month

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
Violent crimes in Bay Ridge by month
MonthViolent crimes in Bay Ridge
Jul 202538
Aug 202530
Sep 202534
Oct 202540
Nov 202531
Dec 202532
Jan 202635
Feb 202640
Mar 202636
Apr 202626
May 202642
Jun 202640

When crime happens in Bay Ridge

12 months to May 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Bay Ridge happened between 2 pm and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 5 pm

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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; 1% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in Bay Ridge by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am369
7 am022
8 am145
9 am178
10 am347
11 am347
12 pm347
1 pm3710
2 pm61117
3 pm51520
4 pm82230
5 pm51015
6 pm61218
7 pm61622
8 pm61521
9 pm6915
10 pm61016
11 pm31316
12 am31114
1 am3710
2 am7916
3 am6612
4 am358
5 am145
Total with a known time97213310
Property crime in Bay Ridge by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am3811
7 am279
8 am72128
9 am71421
10 am102232
11 am171936
12 pm152540
1 pm112536
2 pm183250
3 pm152338
4 pm103242
5 pm133851
6 pm63642
7 pm122739
8 pm112031
9 pm61016
10 pm71825
11 pm71724
12 am51015
1 am21315
2 am41721
3 am31619
4 am6612
5 am145
Total with a known time198460658

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. New York
Assault and batteryViolent423515−52%
HomicideViolent11.2−64%
Theft, burglary and robberyProperty9121,110−50%
Property damage and arsonProperty200243−41%
Vehicle theftProperty150183+11%
Drug offensesOther126153−30%
Weapons offensesOther5972−33%

Source and dates

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Source
New York City Police Department, via NYC OpenData (dataset qgea-i56i + 5uac-w243), aggregated by neighborhood
Window
July 2025 to June 2026 (12 months)
Population
82,189 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
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