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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in East Rockaway, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in East Rockaway, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around East Rockaway. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is East Rockaway, NY safe?
East Rockaway, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 42 out of 100, grade C, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 30% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 42 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 30%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 60%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 8
How East Rockaway compares
East Rockaway scores 4 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
East Rockaway lies in Nassau County, which has a county Safety Score of 84, grade A.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside East Rockaway.
Neighborhoods inside East Rockaway
8 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside East Rockaway, 8 of them mostly inside it. Among those 8, the lowest scores 11, the highest 83, and the middle 80% range from 12 to 83.
ZIP codes where East Rockaway residents live
Listed by the estimated share of East Rockaway's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- Lynbrook Safety Score 40 · grade C · 1.1 miles
- Rockville Centre Safety Score 41 · grade C · 2.1 miles
- Valley Stream Safety Score 46 · grade C · 2.5 miles
- Long Beach Safety Score 29 · grade D · 3.9 miles
- Freeport Safety Score 40 · grade C · 4.3 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About East Rockaway
East Rockaway has an estimated 10,064 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 8 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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