New York · 1,629,477 residents Score 1 · Grade F

Crime Map, Crime Rate Context, and Safety Score for New York County, New York

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in New York County. Severity-weighted, rate-normalized, and built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

New York County, New York neighborhood Safety Score map by Census block group

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New York County, New York local context

The county aggregate Safety Score is 1, with a F grade across 1,156 scored block groups.

New York County, New York is one of the larger county markets in the US, with an estimated 1,629,477 residents across 778,281 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The housing profile is more mixed than many county pages, with renter-occupied homes at 74.9% and owner-occupied homes at 25.1%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 16.1% poverty rate, a 7.6% unemployment rate, 64.2% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 10% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside New York County without relying on one broad county-level view.

The county score is a nationally ranked aggregate of local block-group scores. Supporting profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Safety Score 1
Grade F
Population 1,629,477
Households 778,281
Owner occupied 25.1%
Renter occupied 74.9%
Poverty rate 16.1%
Unemployment 7.6%
60+ min commute 10%

Local search context

New York County crime maps need neighborhood-level context

People comparing New York County crime rates, maps, or neighborhood safety data usually need more than a single county-wide number. CrimeScore starts with the broad county page, then lets visitors inspect smaller map areas, ZIP pages, and address-centered views when they need more local context.

CrimeScore is modeled neighborhood safety context, not an official agency crime-rate report. Use it as location context for comparison, API workflows, and map exploration, not as a guarantee about a specific person, home, or future event.

New York County often needs neighborhood-level context because Manhattan mixes dense commercial corridors, transit areas, parks, and residential blocks in a compact geography. CrimeScore keeps this page focused on local map context rather than one broad label for the whole borough.

Local areas people compare

  • Lower Manhattan
  • Midtown
  • Harlem
  • Upper West Side
  • Upper East Side

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate lower modeled safety. Click any block group to see its score and grade. Create an account to review API plans for production use.

About the model

Scores in New York County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.

For product teams

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