The Safest Neighborhoods in Brooklyn
Every residential neighborhood in Brooklyn, ranked by the NYPD complaints reported within a 300-meter walk of a typical spot — lowest first. No broker copy, no “up-and-coming”: just the city’s own complaint data.
NYPD complaint data through June 30, 2026 • 53 Brooklyn neighborhoods ranked • pulled September 14, 2026
Quick Answer
The lowest reported-complaint count in Brooklyn is Windsor Terrace-South Slope, where the typical sampled spot had 76.1 NYPD complaints within 300 meters over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026 — against a Brooklyn average of 321.2, pooled over every sampled point in the borough. Citywide that is #31 of 197 ranked neighborhoods.
Crime varies block by block. Check a specific address for its own 300-meter complaint count.
All 53 Brooklyn neighborhoods, safest first
Lower is better in every column. “Complaints / 300m” is the mean of 100 sampled points inside the neighborhood; “violent” counts the subset NYPD codes as murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and felony assault; shootings are counted within 500 meters because they are rarer.
| # | Neighborhood | Complaints / 300m | Violent / 300m | Shootings / 500m | Citywide rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windsor Terrace-South Slope DwellCheck page: Windsor TerraceSafety data → | 76.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 31 / 197 |
| 2 | Mapleton-Midwood (West) No DwellCheck page yet | 95 | 5.3 | 0 | 38 / 197 |
| 3 | Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach DwellCheck page: Marine ParkSafety data → | 105.2 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 40 / 197 |
| 4 | Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach DwellCheck page: Sheepshead BaySafety data → | 113.4 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 46 / 197 |
| 5 | 115.1 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 47 / 197 | |
| 6 | 124.4 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 50 / 197 | |
| 7 | 132.6 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 51 / 197 | |
| 8 | Madison No DwellCheck page yet | 140.5 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 55 / 197 |
| 9 | Spring Creek-Starrett City DwellCheck page: Starrett CitySafety data → | 141.4 | 10 | 0.8 | 56 / 197 |
| 10 | Gravesend (South) DwellCheck page: GravesendSafety data → | 146.2 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 59 / 197 |
| 11 | 151.2 | 6.6 | 0 | 60 / 197 | |
| 12 | 151.4 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 61 / 197 | |
| 13 | Gravesend (East)-Homecrest DwellCheck page: GravesendSafety data → | 165.7 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 67 / 197 |
| 14 | 166.2 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 68 / 197 | |
| 15 | Gravesend (West) DwellCheck page: GravesendSafety data → | 175 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 72 / 197 |
| 16 | 183.5 | 14.7 | 0.2 | 75 / 197 | |
| 17 | 185.9 | 15 | 0.6 | 78 / 197 | |
| 18 | Sunset Park (West) DwellCheck page: Sunset ParkSafety data → | 188 | 14.7 | 1.1 | 79 / 197 |
| 19 | Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook DwellCheck page: Carroll GardensSafety data → | 188.1 | 12.1 | 0.6 | 80 / 197 |
| 20 | 206 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 85 / 197 | |
| 21 | 207 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 86 / 197 | |
| 22 | Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville DwellCheck page: Ditmas ParkSafety data → | 221.2 | 15.6 | 0.8 | 90 / 197 |
| 23 | 221.2 | 14.9 | 0.1 | 91 / 197 | |
| 24 | South Williamsburg No DwellCheck page yet | 238 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 99 / 197 |
| 25 | East Flatbush-Farragut DwellCheck page: East FlatbushSafety data → | 250.9 | 21.9 | 1.6 | 101 / 197 |
| 26 | 252.4 | 15.4 | 0.9 | 102 / 197 | |
| 27 | East Williamsburg No DwellCheck page yet | 267.8 | 21.6 | 1 | 103 / 197 |
| 28 | 288.9 | 19.6 | 1.2 | 108 / 197 | |
| 29 | 296.5 | 26.7 | 0.1 | 110 / 197 | |
| 30 | Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) No DwellCheck page yet | 320.8 | 24.6 | 1 | 113 / 197 |
| 31 | 335.2 | 31 | 0.5 | 114 / 197 | |
| 32 | 336.9 | 35.3 | 2.6 | 116 / 197 | |
| 33 | East New York-New Lots DwellCheck page: East New YorkSafety data → | 346.1 | 29.8 | 2.1 | 118 / 197 |
| 34 | Sunset Park (Central) No DwellCheck page yet | 348.8 | 26 | 0.9 | 119 / 197 |
| 35 | East New York-City Line DwellCheck page: East New YorkSafety data → | 355.7 | 31.6 | 2 | 120 / 197 |
| 36 | 355.9 | 21.1 | 0.5 | 121 / 197 | |
| 37 | Coney Island-Sea Gate DwellCheck page: Coney IslandSafety data → | 367.7 | 28.2 | 1.7 | 122 / 197 |
| 38 | Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate DwellCheck page: Prospect Lefferts GardensSafety data → | 377.6 | 34.8 | 1.8 | 124 / 197 |
| 39 | Bushwick (East) DwellCheck page: BushwickSafety data → | 387.3 | 36.7 | 0.6 | 126 / 197 |
| 40 | East Flatbush-Rugby DwellCheck page: East FlatbushSafety data → | 387.5 | 26.8 | 1.7 | 127 / 197 |
| 41 | Crown Heights (South) DwellCheck page: Crown HeightsSafety data → | 463.2 | 38.7 | 2.3 | 137 / 197 |
| 42 | 499.8 | 35.3 | 2 | 145 / 197 | |
| 43 | Crown Heights (North) DwellCheck page: Crown HeightsSafety data → | 505.6 | 49.4 | 2.9 | 146 / 197 |
| 44 | Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) DwellCheck page: Bed-StuySafety data → | 520.9 | 41 | 3.1 | 148 / 197 |
| 45 | East Flatbush-Remsen Village DwellCheck page: East FlatbushSafety data → | 535.1 | 50.8 | 2.1 | 150 / 197 |
| 46 | Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) DwellCheck page: Bed-StuySafety data → | 545.2 | 39.3 | 2.3 | 152 / 197 |
| 47 | Bushwick (West) DwellCheck page: BushwickSafety data → | 560.6 | 50.8 | 1.3 | 155 / 197 |
| 48 | East Flatbush-Erasmus DwellCheck page: East FlatbushSafety data → | 574.8 | 48.7 | 1.4 | 158 / 197 |
| 49 | 587.4 | 37.2 | 1.3 | 162 / 197 | |
| 50 | East New York (North) DwellCheck page: East New YorkSafety data → | 616.2 | 57.2 | 3.1 | 167 / 197 |
| 51 | 735.2 | 58.7 | 3.3 | 177 / 197 | |
| 52 | 784.1 | 77.3 | 5.3 | 179 / 197 | |
| 53 | Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill DwellCheck page: Downtown BrooklynSafety data → | 983.2 | 78.1 | 1.8 | 189 / 197 |
Data source: NYPD Complaint Data (current and historic) via NYC Open Data, 5uac-w243 and qgea-i56i, and NYPD Shooting Incident Data, 5ucz-vwe8; 12 months ending June 30, 2026, pulled September 14, 2026; 100 sampled points per neighborhood.
Where reported crime is highest in Brooklyn
The other end of the same ranking. These five Brooklyn neighborhoods had the highest reported complaint counts within 300 meters of a typical spot. Read them carefully: commercial corridors, transit hubs and nightlife strips generate complaints from everyone who passes through, not only from the people who live there.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Complaints / 300m | Violent / 300m |
|---|---|---|---|
| #53 of 53 | Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill DwellCheck page: Downtown BrooklynSafety data → | 983.2 | 78.1 |
| #52 of 53 | 784.1 | 77.3 | |
| #51 of 53 | 735.2 | 58.7 | |
| #50 of 53 | East New York (North) DwellCheck page: East New YorkSafety data → | 616.2 | 57.2 |
| #49 of 53 | 587.4 | 37.2 |
A second measure: complaints per 1,000 residents
The ranking above measures crime near a typical spot. This one measures it relative to how many people live there: total NYPD complaints inside the neighborhood divided by its 2020 Census population, over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026. It is the metric each Brooklyn neighborhood’s own safety page uses, and it orders neighborhoods differently — neither order is wrong; they answer different questions. Showing the 10 lowest of the 37 Brooklyn neighborhoods with a DwellCheck safety page.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Complaints / 1,000 residents | Total complaints | DwellCheck verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 37 | 14.9 | 1,399 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #2 of 37 | 16.3 | 384 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #3 of 37 | 25.1 | 1,048 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #4 of 37 | 25.8 | 1,206 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #5 of 37 | 28.2 | 1,489 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #6 of 37 | 31.5 | 3,309 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #7 of 37 | 33.9 | 4,874 | Higher Than Average | |
| #8 of 37 | 34.7 | 816 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #9 of 37 | 35.2 | 2,435 | Higher Than Average | |
| #10 of 37 | 36.2 | 909 | Much Safer Than Average |
Data source: NYPD Complaint Data via NYC Open Data, 12 months ending June 30, 2026; population from the 2020 Census totals of each neighborhood’s NTAs.
How we ranked this
- Formula
- For each residential 2020 NTA in Brooklyn: place 100 seeded random points inside the boundary, count NYPD complaints within 300 meters of each point, and rank by the mean of those 100 counts, ascending. Ties are broken by the median count, then by NTA code, so equal values stay tied whatever the rank number reads. The same function drives our citywide safest-neighborhoods ranking.
- Data source
- NYPD Complaint Data Current (Year To Date) and NYPD Complaint Data Historic, NYC Open Data datasets
5uac-w243andqgea-i56i; NYPD Shooting Incident Data5ucz-vwe8; boundaries from the city’s 2020 NTA file, residential NTAs only (parks, airports and cemeteries are not ranked). - Vintage
- Complaints dated after June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2026 — the latest complaint date NYPD had published when the data was pulled on September 14, 2026. NYPD refreshes these feeds quarterly; the ranking changes only when we pull again.
- Limitations
- Reported complaints are not the same as crimes committed. Heavier policing produces more complaints; under-reporting produces fewer.
- A 300-meter circle near a neighborhood edge counts complaints on the other side of the line, so neighborhoods next to a busy commercial strip absorb some of it.
- A neighborhood average hides its blocks. A low-average neighborhood can contain a bad corridor and vice versa.
- Complaint counts are not population-adjusted. The second table on this page shows the per-resident view, which orders neighborhoods differently.
- All complaint categories are weighted equally in the headline number; the violent column is shown separately rather than folded in.
Full scoring documentation: DwellCheck methodology.
Frequently asked questions
1What is the safest neighborhood in Brooklyn?
By NYPD complaint data, Windsor Terrace-South Slope has the fewest reported complaints of any Brooklyn neighborhood: 76.1 on average within 300 meters of a sampled point over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026. That is #31 of the 197 residential neighborhoods ranked citywide.
2How do you rank the safest neighborhoods in Brooklyn?
We place 100 seeded random points inside each residential 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Area (NTA), count the NYPD complaints reported within 300 meters of each point over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026, and rank by the mean of those 100 counts, lowest first. Lower is better. It is the same metric, data file and direction as our citywide safest-neighborhoods ranking, so the two pages always agree.
3Which Brooklyn neighborhoods have the most crime?
By the same measure, the Brooklyn neighborhoods with the highest reported complaint counts are Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill (983.2 per 300m), Brownsville (784.1 per 300m), Ocean Hill (735.2 per 300m), East New York (North) (616.2 per 300m), Fort Greene (587.4 per 300m). High reported-complaint counts concentrate around commercial corridors and transit hubs, which generate complaints from people passing through as well as residents, so a high count is not the same thing as danger to a resident.
4Does a low complaint count mean a neighborhood is safe?
No. These are reported complaints averaged across a whole neighborhood, and a neighborhood with a low average can still have blocks that are much worse. The counts also measure reporting, not events: an over-policed area can look worse than it is, and an under-reporting one safer. Check the specific address before you sign anything.
5Why does this page rank differently from the Brooklyn safety pages?
This page ranks by complaints per 300-meter walking radius, which measures how much crime is reported near a typical spot. Each neighborhood's own safety page ranks by complaints per 1,000 residents, which measures crime relative to how many people live there. A dense neighborhood with many complaints can rank well per resident and poorly per radius, so the two orders differ. Both numbers are shown on this page and both come from the same NYPD complaint data.
6What data sources are behind these numbers?
NYPD Complaint Data Current (Year To Date) and NYPD Complaint Data Historic on NYC Open Data (datasets 5uac-w243 and qgea-i56i), complaints dated after June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2026, pulled September 14, 2026. Shooting counts come from NYPD Shooting Incident Data (5ucz-vwe8) within 500 meters. Neighborhood boundaries are the city's residential 2020 NTAs.
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