SAFEROUTE

Safety index · Queens, New York · data through June 2026

Is Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel safe?

Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel sits at the safer end of New York City by reported crime. Its SafeRoute safety index is 89 out of 100 — 36 points above the citywide median of 53, ranking 10th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 175 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.

89/100
Low risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel — higher is safer. 10th of 197 NYC neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH JUNE 2026 · 6 MONTHS OF DATA

The 0–100 scale is calibrated to New York — a typical New York neighborhood sits near 53. It ranks Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — public order alone is 38% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 12% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

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1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center175 incidents reported within 1 km of the Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel center · NYPD data through June 2026 · basemap: NYC Open Data. Reports cluster toward the north-east of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Public order
66 · 38%
Violent crime
31 · 18%
Other theft
49 · 28%
Criminal damage & arson
11 · 6%
Weapons possession
4 · 2%
Vehicle crime
6 · 3%

When it happens

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

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Common questions

Is Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel safe at night?

Low risk overall (safety index 89/100). About 36% of severity-weighted incidents in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Reported crime is low for New York City, but stick to lit, busier streets late.

What is the most common crime in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel?

Public order — 66 of 175 incidents (38%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.

How is the Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 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. The scale is calibrated within New York, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.