The Safest Neighborhoods in Staten Island
Every residential neighborhood in Staten Island, 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 • 16 Staten Island neighborhoods ranked • pulled September 14, 2026
Quick Answer
The lowest reported-complaint count in Staten Island is Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, where the typical sampled spot had 13.8 NYPD complaints within 300 meters over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026 — against a Staten Island average of 75.6, pooled over every sampled point in the borough. Citywide that is #1 of 197 ranked neighborhoods.
Crime varies block by block. Check a specific address for its own 300-meter complaint count.
All 16 Staten Island 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 | Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow DwellCheck page: HuguenotSafety data → | 13.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 / 197 |
| 2 | Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights No DwellCheck page yet | 17.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 / 197 |
| 3 | Tottenville-Charleston DwellCheck page: TottenvilleSafety data → | 24.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 4 / 197 |
| 4 | Arden Heights-Rossville No DwellCheck page yet | 24.4 | 0.9 | 0 | 5 / 197 |
| 5 | New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis DwellCheck page: TravisSafety data → | 25.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 6 / 197 |
| 6 | Great Kills-Eltingville DwellCheck page: Great KillsSafety data → | 29 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 / 197 |
| 7 | Oakwood-Richmondtown DwellCheck page: OakwoodSafety data → | 30.4 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 / 197 |
| 8 | Westerleigh-Castleton Corners DwellCheck page: WesterleighSafety data → | 47.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 13 / 197 |
| 9 | West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill DwellCheck page: West BrightonSafety data → | 55.2 | 4 | 0.2 | 17 / 197 |
| 10 | Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills DwellCheck page: GrasmereSafety data → | 58.2 | 2.8 | 0 | 18 / 197 |
| 11 | Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville DwellCheck page: Mariners HarborSafety data → | 60.3 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 20 / 197 |
| 12 | New Dorp-Midland Beach DwellCheck page: Midland BeachSafety data → | 61.8 | 3.7 | 0 | 22 / 197 |
| 13 | Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill DwellCheck page: RosebankSafety data → | 85.3 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 33 / 197 |
| 14 | 139.2 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 54 / 197 | |
| 15 | St. George-New Brighton DwellCheck page: St. GeorgeSafety data → | 234.3 | 17 | 0.3 | 97 / 197 |
| 16 | Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills DwellCheck page: TompkinsvilleSafety data → | 304 | 19.7 | 1.8 | 111 / 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 Staten Island
The other end of the same ranking. These five Staten Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 of 16 | Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills DwellCheck page: TompkinsvilleSafety data → | 304 | 19.7 |
| #15 of 16 | St. George-New Brighton DwellCheck page: St. GeorgeSafety data → | 234.3 | 17 |
| #14 of 16 | 139.2 | 12.7 | |
| #13 of 16 | Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill DwellCheck page: RosebankSafety data → | 85.3 | 5.9 |
| #12 of 16 | New Dorp-Midland Beach DwellCheck page: Midland BeachSafety data → | 61.8 | 3.7 |
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 Staten Island 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 14 Staten Island neighborhoods with a DwellCheck safety page.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Complaints / 1,000 residents | Total complaints | DwellCheck verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 14 | 19.7 | 1,080 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #2 of 14 | 20 | 447 | Exceptionally Safe | |
| #3 of 14 | 22.9 | 929 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #4 of 14 | 27.9 | 877 | Much Safer Than Average | |
| #5 of 14 | 28.2 | 1,210 | Safer Than Average | |
| #6 of 14 | 42 | 1,523 | Safer Than Average | |
| #7 of 14 | 42 | 1,556 | Average | |
| #8 of 14 | 43.1 | 1,253 | Average | |
| #9 of 14 | 46.3 | 1,182 | Higher Than Average | |
| #10 of 14 | 51.1 | 822 | Higher 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 Staten Island: 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 Staten Island?
By NYPD complaint data, Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow has the fewest reported complaints of any Staten Island neighborhood: 13.8 on average within 300 meters of a sampled point over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026. That is #1 of the 197 residential neighborhoods ranked citywide.
2How do you rank the safest neighborhoods in Staten Island?
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 Staten Island neighborhoods have the most crime?
By the same measure, the Staten Island neighborhoods with the highest reported complaint counts are Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills (304 per 300m), St. George-New Brighton (234.3 per 300m), Port Richmond (139.2 per 300m), Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill (85.3 per 300m), New Dorp-Midland Beach (61.8 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 Staten Island 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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