The Safest Neighborhoods in Queens
Every residential neighborhood in Queens, 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 • 59 Queens neighborhoods ranked • pulled September 14, 2026
Quick Answer
The lowest reported-complaint count in Queens is Douglaston-Little Neck, where the typical sampled spot had 22.5 NYPD complaints within 300 meters over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026 — against a Queens average of 159.5, pooled over every sampled point in the borough. Citywide that is #3 of 197 ranked neighborhoods.
Crime varies block by block. Check a specific address for its own 300-meter complaint count.
All 59 Queens 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 | Douglaston-Little Neck DwellCheck page: Little NeckSafety data → | 22.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 / 197 |
| 2 | Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel No DwellCheck page yet | 32 | 1.9 | 0 | 9 / 197 |
| 3 | Bay Terrace-Clearview No DwellCheck page yet | 35.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 10 / 197 |
| 4 | Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park No DwellCheck page yet | 38.4 | 2.3 | 0 | 11 / 197 |
| 5 | Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills No DwellCheck page yet | 43.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 12 / 197 |
| 6 | 47.8 | 3.1 | 0 | 14 / 197 | |
| 7 | Whitestone-Beechhurst DwellCheck page: WhitestoneSafety data → | 48.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 15 / 197 |
| 8 | Bellerose No DwellCheck page yet | 48.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 16 / 197 |
| 9 | Auburndale No DwellCheck page yet | 60.4 | 2.4 | 0 | 21 / 197 |
| 10 | Howard Beach-Lindenwood DwellCheck page: Howard BeachSafety data → | 64.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 23 / 197 |
| 11 | East Flushing No DwellCheck page yet | 66.2 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 24 / 197 |
| 12 | Rosedale No DwellCheck page yet | 67.2 | 6.1 | 0 | 25 / 197 |
| 13 | Cambria Heights No DwellCheck page yet | 67.9 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 26 / 197 |
| 14 | Jamaica Estates-Holliswood DwellCheck page: Jamaica EstatesSafety data → | 68.9 | 4.2 | 0 | 27 / 197 |
| 15 | 69.8 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 28 / 197 | |
| 16 | Fresh Meadows-Utopia DwellCheck page: Fresh MeadowsSafety data → | 70.3 | 3.2 | 0 | 29 / 197 |
| 17 | Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing No DwellCheck page yet | 71.6 | 4.3 | 0 | 30 / 197 |
| 18 | Queensboro Hill No DwellCheck page yet | 78.7 | 5.6 | 0 | 32 / 197 |
| 19 | 88.4 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 34 / 197 | |
| 20 | Kew Gardens Hills No DwellCheck page yet | 88.7 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 35 / 197 |
| 21 | Laurelton No DwellCheck page yet | 91.8 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 36 / 197 |
| 22 | 92.2 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 37 / 197 | |
| 23 | 104 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 39 / 197 | |
| 24 | Queens Village No DwellCheck page yet | 107.6 | 7.5 | 0 | 41 / 197 |
| 25 | St. Albans No DwellCheck page yet | 107.8 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 42 / 197 |
| 26 | Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway DwellCheck page: AstoriaSafety data → | 110.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 43 / 197 |
| 27 | 111.6 | 7.4 | 0 | 44 / 197 | |
| 28 | Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest No DwellCheck page yet | 115.2 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 48 / 197 |
| 29 | Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village No DwellCheck page yet | 135.5 | 11.6 | 0.9 | 52 / 197 |
| 30 | 135.9 | 10.7 | 0.5 | 53 / 197 | |
| 31 | Hollis No DwellCheck page yet | 141.6 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 57 / 197 |
| 32 | South Ozone Park No DwellCheck page yet | 141.9 | 13.8 | 0.2 | 58 / 197 |
| 33 | Baisley Park No DwellCheck page yet | 151.7 | 12.9 | 0.8 | 62 / 197 |
| 34 | Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere DwellCheck page: Rockaway BeachSafety data → | 155.6 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 63 / 197 |
| 35 | 156.8 | 10.1 | 0.5 | 64 / 197 | |
| 36 | Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville No DwellCheck page yet | 165 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 66 / 197 |
| 37 | Jamaica Hills-Briarwood DwellCheck page: BriarwoodSafety data → | 166.4 | 14.5 | 0.3 | 69 / 197 |
| 38 | Woodhaven No DwellCheck page yet | 167.4 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 70 / 197 |
| 39 | 173.4 | 16 | 0.1 | 71 / 197 | |
| 40 | East Elmhurst No DwellCheck page yet | 180.9 | 12 | 0.4 | 73 / 197 |
| 41 | 185.3 | 16.6 | 0.2 | 77 / 197 | |
| 42 | 189.2 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 81 / 197 | |
| 43 | Ozone Park (North) DwellCheck page: Ozone ParkSafety data → | 194.7 | 16 | 0.9 | 82 / 197 |
| 44 | South Jamaica DwellCheck page: JamaicaSafety data → | 195 | 20.1 | 1.1 | 83 / 197 |
| 45 | Far Rockaway-Bayswater No DwellCheck page yet | 204.3 | 18.2 | 0.9 | 84 / 197 |
| 46 | 223 | 21.3 | 0.4 | 92 / 197 | |
| 47 | Old Astoria-Hallets Point DwellCheck page: AstoriaSafety data → | 224.1 | 16.8 | 0.5 | 94 / 197 |
| 48 | Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) No DwellCheck page yet | 226.4 | 16.6 | 1.1 | 95 / 197 |
| 49 | South Richmond Hill DwellCheck page: Richmond HillSafety data → | 233.2 | 18.5 | 0.5 | 96 / 197 |
| 50 | 245.9 | 14.5 | 0.3 | 100 / 197 | |
| 51 | Astoria (Central) DwellCheck page: AstoriaSafety data → | 270.3 | 18.8 | 0.1 | 104 / 197 |
| 52 | Long Island City-Hunters Point DwellCheck page: Long Island CitySafety data → | 272 | 18.6 | 0.2 | 105 / 197 |
| 53 | Flushing-Willets Point DwellCheck page: FlushingSafety data → | 287.1 | 22.6 | 0.3 | 107 / 197 |
| 54 | 344.9 | 52.3 | 1.9 | 117 / 197 | |
| 55 | Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills No DwellCheck page yet | 379 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 125 / 197 |
| 56 | 387.9 | 33.5 | 0.6 | 128 / 197 | |
| 57 | 419.5 | 42.6 | 0.5 | 131 / 197 | |
| 58 | North Corona No DwellCheck page yet | 441 | 60.7 | 0.9 | 133 / 197 |
| 59 | 594.3 | 53.5 | 1.1 | 163 / 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 Queens
The other end of the same ranking. These five Queens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #59 of 59 | 594.3 | 53.5 | |
| #58 of 59 | North Corona No DwellCheck page yet | 441 | 60.7 |
| #57 of 59 | 419.5 | 42.6 | |
| #56 of 59 | 387.9 | 33.5 | |
| #55 of 59 | Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills No DwellCheck page yet | 379 | 23.3 |
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 Queens 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 Queens neighborhoods with a DwellCheck safety page.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Complaints / 1,000 residents | Total complaints | DwellCheck verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 27 | 22.8 | 575 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #2 of 27 | 29 | 1,001 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #3 of 27 | 30.7 | 1,077 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #4 of 27 | 33.2 | 1,183 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #5 of 27 | 33.8 | 1,796 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #6 of 27 | 34.7 | 846 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #7 of 27 | 36.2 | 1,028 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #8 of 27 | 38.3 | 2,829 | Higher Than Average | |
| #9 of 27 | 38.7 | 907 | Safer Than Average | |
| #10 of 27 | 38.7 | 1,522 | 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 Queens: 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 Queens?
By NYPD complaint data, Douglaston-Little Neck has the fewest reported complaints of any Queens neighborhood: 22.5 on average within 300 meters of a sampled point over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026. That is #3 of the 197 residential neighborhoods ranked citywide.
2How do you rank the safest neighborhoods in Queens?
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 Queens neighborhoods have the most crime?
By the same measure, the Queens neighborhoods with the highest reported complaint counts are Jamaica (594.3 per 300m), North Corona (441 per 300m), Elmhurst (419.5 per 300m), Jackson Heights (387.9 per 300m), Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills (379 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 Queens 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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