Violent crime
1,328 per 100,000 residents, per year
293 reported in the last 12 months
+23% vs. New York (1,079)
Data through June 2026, New York City Police Department
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.
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.
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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).
| Month | Violent crimes in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 18 |
| Aug 2025 | 29 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 |
| Oct 2025 | 19 |
| Nov 2025 | 36 |
| Dec 2025 | 12 |
| Jan 2026 | 23 |
| Feb 2026 | 28 |
| Mar 2026 | 20 |
| Apr 2026 | 26 |
| May 2026 | 29 |
| Jun 2026 | 26 |
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
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.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 am | 7 | 42 | 49 |
| 8 am | 8 | 41 | 49 |
| 9 am | 16 | 38 | 54 |
| 10 am | 27 | 64 | 91 |
| 11 am | 26 | 82 | 108 |
| 12 pm | 21 | 87 | 108 |
| 1 pm | 31 | 98 | 129 |
| 2 pm | 33 | 114 | 147 |
| 3 pm | 54 | 96 | 150 |
| 4 pm | 45 | 99 | 144 |
| 5 pm | 45 | 89 | 134 |
| 6 pm | 54 | 75 | 129 |
| 7 pm | 30 | 52 | 82 |
| 8 pm | 21 | 44 | 65 |
| 9 pm | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 10 pm | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 11 pm | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 12 am | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 1 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 am | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 am | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 4 am | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Total with a known time | 491 | 1,148 | 1,639 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 293 | 1,328 | +24% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 2,695 | 12,219 | +449% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 159 | 721 | +75% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 18 | 82 | −51% |
| Drug offensesOther | 42 | 190 | −13% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 26 | 118 | +10% |