Violent crime
622 per 100,000 residents, per year
308 reported in the last 12 months
−42% vs. New York (1,079)
Data through June 2026, New York City Police Department
Crime in Sunnyside, New York
The violent crime rate in Sunnyside is 622 per 100,000 residents per year, 42% below New York as a whole (1,079). It ranks 136 of 197 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Jun 2026Property crime
2,480 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,228 reported in the last 12 months
−11% vs. New York (2,802)
All reported
3,143 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,556 reported in the last 12 months
−25% vs. New York (4,206)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 49,513 for Sunnyside. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending June 2026.
Where Sunnyside sits in New York
rank 136 of 197Loading map…
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Sunnyside is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 136 of 197. Nearby in the ranking: Gramercy (627), Co-op City (624), Tottenville-Charleston (617), Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach (604).
Violent crime, month by month
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Sunnyside |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 23 |
| Aug 2025 | 19 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 |
| Oct 2025 | 25 |
| Nov 2025 | 36 |
| Dec 2025 | 17 |
| Jan 2026 | 28 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 25 |
| Apr 2026 | 35 |
| May 2026 | 35 |
| Jun 2026 | 31 |
When crime happens in Sunnyside
12 months to May 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Sunnyside happened between 8 am and 5 pm. Thursday had the most.
Property crime busiest hour noon
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
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 am | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 8 am | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 9 am | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 10 am | 8 | 31 | 39 |
| 11 am | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 12 pm | 13 | 45 | 58 |
| 1 pm | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| 2 pm | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 3 pm | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 pm | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 5 pm | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 6 pm | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 7 pm | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 8 pm | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 10 pm | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 11 pm | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 am | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 1 am | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 am | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 am | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 am | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 am | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total with a known time | 170 | 462 | 632 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 308 | 622 | −42% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 985 | 1,989 | −11% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 137 | 277 | −33% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 106 | 214 | +30% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 11 | 22 | −79% |
| Drug offensesOther | 9 | 18 | −92% |
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
- 49,513 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in New York, NY
- All neighborhoods
- New York neighborhoods by reported crime rate