Safety index · Brooklyn, New York · data through June 2026
Is Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook safe?
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook shows a typical level of reported crime for New York City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 58 out of 100 — 5 points above the citywide median of 53, ranking 81st of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 1,085 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.
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 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 22% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 32% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 19% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Other theft | 242 · 22% | |
| Public order | 229 · 21% | |
| Violent crime | 133 · 12% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 86 · 8% | |
| Other | 98 · 9% | |
| Vehicle crime | 115 · 11% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.
Is New York safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →
Walking in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
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- Park Slope60/100 · Moderate
- Brooklyn Heights41/100 · Elevated
- Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill27/100 · Elevated
- Fort Greene29/100 · Elevated
- Prospect Heights49/100 · Elevated
Common questions
Is Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 58/100). About 51% of severity-weighted incidents in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 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 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook?
Other theft — 242 of 1,085 incidents (22%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.
How is the Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 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.