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Safety index · Brooklyn, New York · data through March 2026

Is Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) safe?

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) records more reported crime than most New York neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 27 out of 100 — 6 points below the citywide median of 33, ranking 146th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 1,203 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through March 2026).

27/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) — higher is safer. 146th of 197 NYC neighborhoods.

The largest reported category here is violent crime (16% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.

Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 13% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
1,203 incidents reported within 1 km of the Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) center (500 shown) · NYPD data through March 2026 · basemap: NYC Open Data.

What's reported here

Violent crime
192 · 16%
Other theft
357 · 30%
Public order
234 · 19%
Other
94 · 8%
Criminal damage & arson
70 · 6%
Vehicle crime
114 · 9%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.

Walking in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) at night?

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Common questions

Is Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 27/100). About 45% of severity-weighted incidents in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)?

Violent crime — 192 of 1,203 incidents (16%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through March 2026.

How is the Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the NYPD by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety.