The Safest Neighborhoods in Manhattan
Every residential neighborhood in Manhattan, 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 • 32 Manhattan neighborhoods ranked • pulled September 14, 2026
Quick Answer
The lowest reported-complaint count in Manhattan is Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, where the typical sampled spot had 290.1 NYPD complaints within 300 meters over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026 — against a Manhattan average of 696.5, pooled over every sampled point in the borough. Citywide that is #109 of 197 ranked neighborhoods.
Crime varies block by block. Check a specific address for its own 300-meter complaint count.
All 32 Manhattan 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 | Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island DwellCheck page: Roosevelt IslandSafety data → | 290.1 | 15.1 | 0 | 109 / 197 |
| 2 | 310 | 25.4 | 1.7 | 112 / 197 | |
| 3 | Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village DwellCheck page: Stuyvesant TownSafety data → | 335.4 | 13.9 | 0.7 | 115 / 197 |
| 4 | Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill DwellCheck page: Upper East SideSafety data → | 422.6 | 19.8 | 0 | 132 / 197 |
| 5 | Upper West Side (Central) DwellCheck page: Upper West SideSafety data → | 462 | 25.4 | 0.8 | 136 / 197 |
| 6 | East Midtown-Turtle Bay DwellCheck page: Midtown EastSafety data → | 484.7 | 26.8 | 0.3 | 141 / 197 |
| 7 | Upper East Side-Yorkville DwellCheck page: YorkvilleSafety data → | 484.9 | 28.3 | 0.5 | 142 / 197 |
| 8 | 496.4 | 48 | 3.5 | 144 / 197 | |
| 9 | Murray Hill-Kips Bay DwellCheck page: Murray HillSafety data → | 534.7 | 35.9 | 0.1 | 149 / 197 |
| 10 | Washington Heights (North) DwellCheck page: Washington HeightsSafety data → | 538 | 45.4 | 0.4 | 151 / 197 |
| 11 | Financial District-Battery Park City DwellCheck page: Financial DistrictSafety data → | 548.1 | 23.7 | 0.4 | 153 / 197 |
| 12 | Upper West Side-Lincoln Square DwellCheck page: Lincoln SquareSafety data → | 561.2 | 31.2 | 1 | 156 / 197 |
| 13 | Manhattanville-West Harlem No DwellCheck page yet | 577.2 | 47.3 | 2 | 159 / 197 |
| 14 | 585.5 | 27.4 | 0.3 | 161 / 197 | |
| 15 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill DwellCheck page: Hamilton HeightsSafety data → | 596.9 | 48.9 | 1.7 | 164 / 197 |
| 16 | Chelsea-Hudson Yards DwellCheck page: ChelseaSafety data → | 613.4 | 38.1 | 0.1 | 166 / 197 |
| 17 | Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley DwellCheck page: Upper West SideSafety data → | 626.8 | 38.9 | 1.6 | 168 / 197 |
| 18 | Washington Heights (South) DwellCheck page: Washington HeightsSafety data → | 631.1 | 57.9 | 1.5 | 170 / 197 |
| 19 | Tribeca-Civic Center DwellCheck page: TribecaSafety data → | 659.8 | 37.9 | 0 | 173 / 197 |
| 20 | 685.9 | 39.4 | 1.4 | 174 / 197 | |
| 21 | Chinatown-Two Bridges DwellCheck page: ChinatownSafety data → | 697.3 | 67.5 | 0.6 | 175 / 197 |
| 22 | East Harlem (North) DwellCheck page: East HarlemSafety data → | 812.9 | 73.5 | 3.6 | 180 / 197 |
| 23 | 833 | 57.3 | 2 | 183 / 197 | |
| 24 | East Harlem (South) DwellCheck page: East HarlemSafety data → | 866.2 | 77 | 3.2 | 184 / 197 |
| 25 | 874.6 | 45.2 | 0.2 | 185 / 197 | |
| 26 | Harlem (North) DwellCheck page: HarlemSafety data → | 881.7 | 81.2 | 5.4 | 186 / 197 |
| 27 | Harlem (South) DwellCheck page: HarlemSafety data → | 884.9 | 65.4 | 3.9 | 187 / 197 |
| 28 | 933.7 | 64.5 | 1.7 | 188 / 197 | |
| 29 | SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square DwellCheck page: SoHoSafety data → | 1024.6 | 41.2 | 0.6 | 190 / 197 |
| 30 | 1032.8 | 54 | 0.7 | 191 / 197 | |
| 31 | Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square DwellCheck page: FlatironSafety data → | 1475.9 | 76.6 | 1.1 | 196 / 197 |
| 32 | Midtown-Times Square DwellCheck page: MidtownSafety data → | 1526.4 | 85.6 | 1.2 | 197 / 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 Manhattan
The other end of the same ranking. These five Manhattan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #32 of 32 | Midtown-Times Square DwellCheck page: MidtownSafety data → | 1526.4 | 85.6 |
| #31 of 32 | Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square DwellCheck page: FlatironSafety data → | 1475.9 | 76.6 |
| #30 of 32 | 1032.8 | 54 | |
| #29 of 32 | SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square DwellCheck page: SoHoSafety data → | 1024.6 | 41.2 |
| #28 of 32 | 933.7 | 64.5 |
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 Manhattan 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 27 Manhattan neighborhoods with a DwellCheck safety page.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Complaints / 1,000 residents | Total complaints | DwellCheck verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 27 | 22.5 | 507 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #2 of 27 | 23.5 | 1,974 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #3 of 27 | 24.4 | 2,087 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #4 of 27 | 38.4 | 1,492 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #5 of 27 | 40.6 | 2,578 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #6 of 27 | 45.1 | 6,922 | Higher Than Average | |
| #7 of 27 | 47 | 2,149 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #8 of 27 | 49 | 3,462 | Safer Than Average | |
| #9 of 27 | 51.8 | 3,230 | Safer Than Average | |
| #10 of 27 | 58.8 | 4,204 | 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 Manhattan: 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 Manhattan?
By NYPD complaint data, Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island has the fewest reported complaints of any Manhattan neighborhood: 290.1 on average within 300 meters of a sampled point over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026. That is #109 of the 197 residential neighborhoods ranked citywide.
2How do you rank the safest neighborhoods in Manhattan?
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 Manhattan neighborhoods have the most crime?
By the same measure, the Manhattan neighborhoods with the highest reported complaint counts are Midtown-Times Square (1526.4 per 300m), Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square (1475.9 per 300m), Greenwich Village (1032.8 per 300m), SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square (1024.6 per 300m), Hell's Kitchen (933.7 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 Manhattan 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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