Safety index · Staten Island, New York · data through March 2026
Is Great Kills-Eltingville safe?
Great Kills-Eltingville shows a typical level of reported crime for New York City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 53 out of 100 — 20 points above the citywide median of 33, ranking 8th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 76 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through March 2026).
Most of what's reported here is property-related — public order alone is 41% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 25% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 19% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Public order | 31 · 41% | |
| Other theft | 24 · 32% | |
| Violent crime | 12 · 16% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 2 · 3% | |
| Burglary | 2 · 3% | |
| Other | 2 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.
Walking in Great Kills-Eltingville at night?
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Common questions
Is Great Kills-Eltingville safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 53/100). About 43% of severity-weighted incidents in Great Kills-Eltingville 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 Great Kills-Eltingville?
Public order — 31 of 76 incidents (41%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through March 2026.
How is the Great Kills-Eltingville 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.