Data through June 2026, New York City Police Department

Crime in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, New York

The violent crime rate in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square is 1,328 per 100,000 residents per year, 23% above New York as a whole (1,079). It ranks 56 of 197 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Jun 2026

Violent crime

1,328 per 100,000 residents, per year

293 reported in the last 12 months

+23% vs. New York (1,079)

Property crime

13,022 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,872 reported in the last 12 months

+365% vs. New York (2,802)

All reported

14,659 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,233 reported in the last 12 months

+248% vs. New York (4,206)

About 91,362 people work in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, 4.1 times its 22,055 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 22,055 for SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending June 2026.

Where SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square sits in New York

rank 56 of 197
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SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 56 of 197. Nearby in the ranking: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) (1,353), Pelham Parkway-Van Nest (1,345), East New York-City Line (1,323), Baisley Park (1,316).

Violent crime, month by month

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
Violent crimes in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square by month
MonthViolent crimes in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Jul 202518
Aug 202529
Sep 202527
Oct 202519
Nov 202536
Dec 202512
Jan 202623
Feb 202628
Mar 202620
Apr 202626
May 202629
Jun 202626

When crime happens in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square

12 months to May 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square happened between 1 pm and 7 pm. Tuesday and Wednesday had the most.

Property crime busiest hour 3 pm

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No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.

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
Property crime in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am268
7 am74249
8 am84149
9 am163854
10 am276491
11 am2682108
12 pm2187108
1 pm3198129
2 pm33114147
3 pm5496150
4 pm4599144
5 pm4589134
6 pm5475129
7 pm305282
8 pm214465
9 pm62228
10 pm102636
11 pm121729
12 am101121
1 am4711
2 am13417
3 am51621
4 am7815
5 am41014
Total with a known time4911,1481,639

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. New York
Assault and batteryViolent2931,328+24%
Theft, burglary and robberyProperty2,69512,219+449%
Property damage and arsonProperty159721+75%
Vehicle theftProperty1882−51%
Drug offensesOther42190−13%
Weapons offensesOther26118+10%

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
22,055 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
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