New York City · Neighborhood crime trends

New York Manhattan South

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Manhattan South, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

17 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

New York as a whole averaged 16.5 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while southern Manhattan averaged 24.3 (leaving out 2 places with almost no residents), hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 17 neighborhoods of southern Manhattan compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 17,033 crimes across them, 24.3 for every 1,000 residents. That is 10.2% below a year earlier and 5.6% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (5.4 per 1,000), followed by Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island (6.6) and Murray Hill-Kips Bay (11.0). Midtown-Times Square has the highest (125.6).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 17 NEW YORK MANHATTAN SOUTH NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against New York's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by NYC Department of City Planning, 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas.

A little history

Manhattan South in New York. New York began as New Amsterdam, founded by Dutch traders in the 1620s, renamed by the English in 1664, and since 1898 a single city that is today the largest in the United States. Manhattan South is the southern part of Manhattan island, running from the Battery, where the Dutch first settled, through the Financial District, Chinatown and Greenwich Village to Midtown and the Upper East Side. Manhattan became the city's center of business, culture and crowded housing.

Notable neighborhoods in Manhattan South include:

Manhattan South. The southern part of the island runs from the Battery, where the Dutch first settled, through the Financial District, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village and the East Village to Midtown and the Upper East Side. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886 and Ellis Island received immigrants from 1892 to 1954. The United Nations headquarters, completed in 1952, stands beside the East River, and large postwar developments such as Stuyvesant Town opened in the late 1940s.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village

5.4 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Midtown-Times Square

125.6 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

24.3 per 1,000

10.2% below a year earlier ·

5.6% above Q1 2022

Compared

17 neighborhoods

700,957 residents · 18 quarters

New York Manhattan South neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

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East River at Stuyvesant Cove Park, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village — **Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village** · East River at Stuyvesant Cove Park
Photo: Ludovic Bertron from New York City, Usa, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

67th Street Branch NYPL, Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island — **Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island** · 67th Street Branch NYPL
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Empire State, Murray Hill-Kips Bay — **Murray Hill-Kips Bay** · Empire State
Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

251 E52 St 2nd Avenue Sun, East Midtown-Turtle Bay — **East Midtown-Turtle Bay** · 251 E52 St 2nd Avenue Sun
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

'Temperance' -- Henry Cogswell Temperance Monument in Tompkins Square Park New York (NY) April 2016, East Village — **East Village** · 'Temperance' -- Henry Cogswell Temperance Monument in Tompkins Square Park New York (NY) April 2016
Photo: Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

13 Pike Street Synagogue 1904, Chinatown-Two Bridges — **Chinatown-Two Bridges** · 13 Pike Street Synagogue 1904
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Cabrini Medical Center 220 E20 St, Gramercy — **Gramercy** · Cabrini Medical Center 220 E20 St
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equitable Building, Financial District-Battery Park City — **Financial District-Battery Park City** · Equitable Building
Photo: Yottabytedev, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 23.0 to 27.5 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2022).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2023

Whole-area crime rate 23.0 to 26.1 per 1,000 (high: Q4 2023).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2024

Whole-area crime rate 25.5 to 29.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down Hell's Kitchen 8th→13th (Q1)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 25.1 to 27.1 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down Chelsea-Hudson Yards 8th→12th (Q1)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 23.3 to 24.3 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: public order incidents were 46% (7,761), property incidents were 33% (5,657), violent incidents were 15% (2,638) and vehicle crimes were 3% (518).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

Left out: The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island; United Nations. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.

The 17 neighborhoods on the map

Manhattan South is made of 17 neighborhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are the City Planning “Neighborhood Tabulation Areas”: 700,957 residents between them.

Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Chinatown-Two Bridges
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
East Village
Financial District-Battery Park City
Gramercy
Greenwich Village
Hell's Kitchen
Lower East Side
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Midtown-Times Square
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village
Tribeca-Civic Center
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
West Village

All 17 neighborhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2022.
#	Neighborhood	Residents	All	Violent	Property	Vehicle	Public order	Rate vs Q1 2022	Places gained
1	Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village	22,040	5.4	0.5	1.6	0.2	3.0	48%	1
2	Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island	77,188	6.6	0.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	4%	1
3	Murray Hill-Kips Bay	53,742	11.0	2.0	3.4	0.7	4.5	14%	–
4	East Midtown-Turtle Bay	42,046	12.6	1.9	3.5	0.7	6.2	28%	3
5	East Village	69,437	14.9	2.6	4.0	0.3	7.3	17%	3
6	Chinatown-Two Bridges	38,006	15.9	3.9	4.4	0.6	6.6	6%	2
7	Gramercy	25,905	17.7	3.3	6.6	0.7	6.7	6%	2
8	Financial District-Battery Park City	48,198	18.3	1.8	5.6	0.3	9.9	6%	2
9	West Village	31,913	22.3	3.8	8.4	0.8	8.9	3%	3
10	Greenwich Village	31,628	23.7	3.8	10.1	0.6	9.0	11%	–
11	Chelsea-Hudson Yards	62,960	25.6	5.1	7.0	0.6	12.1	19%	–
12	Lower East Side	47,185	26.1	4.8	7.1	0.9	12.2	21%	1
13	Hell's Kitchen	54,743	27.1	5.7	8.5	0.9	11.3	48%	4
14	Tribeca-Civic Center	22,563	35.4	4.8	14.8	0.9	13.5	6%	1
15	SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square	21,220	51.3	4.1	24.5	1.6	20.4	37%	1
16	Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square	29,148	59.7	7.5	20.1	1.5	29.4	2%	–
17	Midtown-Times Square	23,035	125.6	15.7	43.6	3.1	60.6	33%	–

Photographs

78 photographs of the 17 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 78 photographs and their credits

Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · East River at Stuyvesant Cove Park. Photo: Ludovic Bertron from New York City, Usa, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · 67th Street Branch NYPL. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Murray Hill-Kips Bay · Empire State. Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Midtown-Turtle Bay · 251 E52 St 2nd Avenue Sun. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · 'Temperance' -- Henry Cogswell Temperance Monument in Tompkins Square Park New York (NY) April 2016. Photo: Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · 13 Pike Street Synagogue 1904. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gramercy · Cabrini Medical Center 220 E20 St. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · Equitable Building. Photo: Yottabytedev, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Village · 6th Precinct NYPD 233 W10. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Greenwich Village · Garibaldi. Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chelsea-Hudson Yards · Chelsea Elliiot NYCHA. Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Lower East Side · 7th Precinct Broome Pitt. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hell's Kitchen · 10th Avenue 46 St Construction 2020. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · Fire Escapes. Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Caldera with ESB in Red. Photo: Billie Grace Ward from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown-Times Square · 47 50 Streets. Photo: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island · Castle Williams SIF. Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
United Nations · East River. Photo: qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · Untitled. Photo: Abhijaigarg, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · Untitled. Photo: Richard, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Murray Hill-Kips Bay · AMC Kips Bay. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · 'Temperance' -- Henry Cogswell Temperance Monument in Tompkins Square New York (NY) April 2016. Photo: Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · Comfort Inn Pike & Madison Sts. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gramercy · Gramercy Park Snow. Photo: Jeff Trexler, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · American International Pine St. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Village · And You Thought Your Job Sucked!. Photo: Ludovic Bertron from New York City, Usa, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Greenwich Village · Broadway Below Grace Church. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chelsea-Hudson Yards · Cedar Lake 547 W26 St from Hiline Sunny. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lower East Side · Gompers NYCHA Pitt St. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · 7 For All Mankind. Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Covid-19 Info. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island · Castle Williams Facade. Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
United Nations · Interior of the North Lobby UN General Assembly Building NYC. Photo: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · Untitled. Photo: Abhijaigarg, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · 1219 First Avenue. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Murray Hill-Kips Bay · Coca-Cola Freestyle Dispensers at AMC Kips Bay 15. Photo: Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · Christodora. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · Another Side Of Chinatown. Photo: Chris Cook, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · American Exchange National Bank LCCN99402728. Photo: Underhill, Irving, -1960, photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Greenwich Village · Bobst Library at Night. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chelsea-Hudson Yards · Chelsea, New York, NY, USA - Panoramio - Sergei Gussev (13). Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lower East Side · Lower East Side, New York, NY, USA. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · Excelsior Iron Works. Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Broadway & 27th. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · Untitled. Photo: Abhijaigarg, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · 1284 First Avenue. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Murray Hill-Kips Bay · AMC Kips Bay 15 Exterior with Citi Bike Station. Photo: Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · 7B NYC. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · Chinatown New York Color Street Photography. Photo: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · Brown Brothers Harriman. Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chelsea-Hudson Yards · Chelsea Park. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · 134 Spring Street. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Capitol Plaza. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · Untitled. Photo: Abhijaigarg, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · Coleman Tower. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · 7B in Winter. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · Chinatown. Photo: Chris Cook, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · Cedar St IRT Entry (IRT = Interborough Rapid Transit, a New York City subway division). Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · 76 Greene St. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Bike on 25th Street. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village · Discarded Christmas Trees Stuyvesant Town, New York. Photo: Marianne O'Leary, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · Finnegan's Wake Pub. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · 13th Street Dead End. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinatown-Two Bridges · Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, 20231005 100742. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Financial District-Battery Park City · 140 Broadway 006. Photo: Kidfly182, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · 76 Greene St 2. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · 26th Street. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · Arabella, a 157 Foot Sailing Yacht, in the West Channel of the East River, NYC. Photo: Stuttle2, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · Copper Building. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square · Alexander McQueen. Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Capitol Chelsea Plaza. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island · Church of St. John Nepomucene. Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Village · Drink & Sing. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Banded Highrises. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Clouds Over Madison Square. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · 212 Fifth Avenue. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · 23rd Street Twilight. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Cloudy Towers. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data published by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) through the NYC Open Data Portal, containing public sector information governed by the NYC Open Data Law (Local Law 11 of 2012) and the NYC.gov Terms of Use.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (public domain).

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Neighborhood boundaries are defined by NYC Department of City Planning, 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NYC Open Data), merged and simplified by CrimesLog. The photographs are credited under each picture.

Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighborhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighborhood.