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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Yonkers, NY
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Yonkers, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Yonkers. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Yonkers, NY safe?
Yonkers, New York has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 34 out of 100, grade D, below the New York statewide score of 46. An estimated 23% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 34% statewide. Its 6 ZIP codes range from 21 to 58, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 34 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 23%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 68%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 157
How Yonkers compares
Yonkers scores 12 points below the New York statewide score of 46. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Yonkers 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 Yonkers.
Neighborhoods inside Yonkers
157 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Yonkers, 157 of them mostly inside it. Among those 157, the lowest scores 0, the highest 93, and the middle 80% range from 6 to 83.
Safest ZIP codes in Yonkers, NY
Ranked by Safety Score among ZIP codes that score above the city's median ZIP score and have at least 5 scored block groups, so a single small area can't top the list.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Yonkers, NY
Showing all 6 ZIP profiles
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in New York
- Mount Vernon Safety Score 25 · grade D · 2.8 miles
- New Rochelle Safety Score 43 · grade C · 4.8 miles
- Dobbs Ferry Safety Score 44 · grade C · 5.2 miles
- Scarsdale Safety Score 51 · grade C · 6.0 miles
- Mamaroneck Safety Score 48 · grade C · 7.5 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Yonkers
Yonkers has an estimated 211,040 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 18 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 157 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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