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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Mount Vernon, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Mount Vernon, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Mount Vernon. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Mount Vernon, NY safe?
Mount Vernon, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 25 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 14% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Its 3 ZIP codes range from 18 to 35, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 25 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 14%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 79%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 54
How Mount Vernon compares
Mount Vernon scores 21 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Mount Vernon lies in Westchester County, which has a county Safety Score of 36, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Mount Vernon.
Neighborhoods inside Mount Vernon
54 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Mount Vernon, 54 of them mostly inside it. Among those 54, the lowest scores 1, the highest 93, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 69.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Mount Vernon, NY
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Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- New Rochelle Safety Score 43 · grade C · 2.5 miles
- Yonkers Safety Score 34 · grade D · 2.8 miles
- Mamaroneck Safety Score 48 · grade C · 5.8 miles
- Scarsdale Safety Score 51 · grade C · 6.0 miles
- Dobbs Ferry Safety Score 44 · grade C · 7.1 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon has an estimated 71,999 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 4.4 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 54 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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