Safety index · Brooklyn, New York · data through June 2026
Is Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach safe?
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach shows a typical level of reported crime for New York City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 67 out of 100 — 14 points above the citywide median of 53, ranking 55th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 693 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 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (18% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 34% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 16% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 125 · 18% | |
| Public order | 182 · 26% | |
| Other theft | 162 · 23% | |
| Vehicle crime | 65 · 9% | |
| Other | 55 · 8% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 44 · 6% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.
Walking in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same live crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Pick the safer way, share your walk, and check in when you arrive. Free, no account.
Get SafeRoute on the App StoreNearby areas
- Brighton Beach58/100 · Moderate
- Madison64/100 · Moderate
- Gravesend (East)-Homecrest68/100 · Moderate
- Gravesend (South)62/100 · Moderate
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach67/100 · Moderate
Common questions
Is Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 67/100). About 50% of severity-weighted incidents in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 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 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach?
Violent crime — 125 of 693 incidents (18%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.
How is the Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 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.