Borough safety · New York City · data through June 2026

How safe is Staten Island, New York?

Staten Island, New York covers 16 neighborhoods in SafeRoute's New York City index. Its median safety index is 88/100 — above the citywide median of 53, so a typical neighborhood here reads safer than a typical one across NYC. Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights scores highest at 99/100; St. George-New Brighton lowest at 54/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 11 of 16 neighborhoods here rate low risk, 5 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighborhood in Staten Island, safest first

Neighborhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights	99/100	Low risk	25
2 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis	97/100	Low risk	53
3 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow	93/100	Low risk	128
4 Arden Heights-Rossville	93/100	Low risk	129
5 Tottenville-Charleston	92/100	Low risk	143
6 Great Kills-Eltingville	90/100	Low risk	176
7 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill	90/100	Low risk	173
8 Oakwood-Richmondtown	88/100	Low risk	210
9 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners	88/100	Low risk	204
10 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills	83/100	Low risk	322
11 New Dorp-Midland Beach	80/100	Low risk	366
12 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill	74/100	Moderate	535
13 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville	72/100	Moderate	557
14 Port Richmond	68/100	Moderate	675
15 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills	61/100	Moderate	996
16 St. George-New Brighton	54/100	Moderate	1,203

How Staten Island compares across NYC

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighborhoods
Staten Island (this page)	88/100	16
Queens	67/100	59
Brooklyn	51/100	53
Bronx	36/100	37
Manhattan	31/100	32

Common questions

What is the safest neighborhood in Staten Island, New York?

Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Staten Island, New York, at 99/100 (low risk), from 25 reported incidents within 1 km of its center. New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis (97/100) and Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow (93/100) follow.

Which neighborhood in Staten Island, New York has the most reported crime?

St. George-New Brighton has the lowest index in Staten Island, New York, at 54/100, with 1,203 reported incidents within 1 km of its center. A low score means more is reported around that center, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Staten Island, New York safe?

Across its 16 neighborhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 88/100, against 53 across NYC. 11 rate low risk, 5 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighborhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute 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 figure shown for Staten Island, New York is the median of its 16 neighborhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident reported to the NYPD (via NYC Open Data) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center (2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Area centroids), and normalize against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Time-of-day charts use NYPD incident timestamps, severity-weighted. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighborhoods within New York City. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — New York's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.