Data through June 2026, New York City Police Department

Crime in Lower East Side, New York

The violent crime rate in Lower East Side is 1,555 per 100,000 residents per year, 44% above New York as a whole (1,079). It ranks 45 of 197 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Jun 2026

Violent crime

1,555 per 100,000 residents, per year

724 reported in the last 12 months

+44% vs. New York (1,079)

Property crime

5,704 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,655 reported in the last 12 months

+104% vs. New York (2,802)

All reported

7,910 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,682 reported in the last 12 months

+88% vs. New York (4,206)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 46,549 for Lower East Side. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending June 2026.

Where Lower East Side sits in New York

rank 45 of 197

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Lower East Side is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 45 of 197. Nearby in the ranking: Manhattanville-West Harlem (1,571), Far Rockaway-Bayswater (1,561), Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester (1,531), Bushwick (West) (1,481).

Violent crime, month by month

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

Violent crimes in Lower East Side by month
Month	Violent crimes in Lower East Side
Jul 2025	61
Aug 2025	64
Sep 2025	47
Oct 2025	54
Nov 2025	70
Dec 2025	52
Jan 2026	51
Feb 2026	47
Mar 2026	65
Apr 2026	68
May 2026	63
Jun 2026	82

When crime happens in Lower East Side

12 months to May 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Lower East Side happened between 7 pm and 5 am. Friday and Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 1 am

Property crime busiest hour 3 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 Lower East Side by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	3	4	7
7 am	6	12	18
8 am	4	9	13
9 am	6	12	18
10 am	2	12	14
11 am	4	19	23
12 pm	1	14	15
1 pm	6	13	19
2 pm	8	17	25
3 pm	6	12	18
4 pm	7	16	23
5 pm	4	23	27
6 pm	2	20	22
7 pm	9	20	29
8 pm	7	14	21
9 pm	9	9	18
10 pm	6	12	18
11 pm	8	11	19
12 am	20	19	39
1 am	32	16	48
2 am	18	11	29
3 am	23	9	32
4 am	19	7	26
5 am	5	1	6
Total with a known time	215	312	527

Property crime in Lower East Side by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	3	6	9
7 am	5	15	20
8 am	19	30	49
9 am	6	35	41
10 am	11	45	56
11 am	29	49	78
12 pm	22	53	75
1 pm	25	60	85
2 pm	20	48	68
3 pm	28	66	94
4 pm	20	49	69
5 pm	25	59	84
6 pm	25	46	71
7 pm	23	49	72
8 pm	15	41	56
9 pm	22	44	66
10 pm	16	30	46
11 pm	12	22	34
12 am	33	26	59
1 am	32	15	47
2 am	25	16	41
3 am	28	10	38
4 am	16	15	31
5 am	4	8	12
Total with a known time	464	837	1,301

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. New York
Assault and batteryViolent	724	1,555	+45%
Theft, burglary and robberyProperty	2,290	4,920	+121%
Property damage and arsonProperty	336	722	+75%
Vehicle theftProperty	29	62	−62%
Drug offensesOther	249	535	+144%
Weapons offensesOther	54	116	+9%

Source and dates

qgea-i56i + 5uac-w243

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: 46,549 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
City page: Crime in New York, NY
All neighborhoods: New York neighborhoods by reported crime rate