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

Is Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill safe?

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill shows a typical level of reported crime for New York City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 47 out of 100 — 6 points below the citywide median of 53, ranking 113th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 2,014 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.

47/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill — higher is safer. 113th 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 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 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 64% 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 9% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Park Ave neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center2,014 incidents reported within 1 km of the Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill center (500 shown) · NYPD data through June 2026 · basemap: NYC Open Data. Reports cluster toward the east of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Other theft
1,289 · 64%
Public order
281 · 14%
Violent crime
133 · 7%
Sexual offences
62 · 3%
Criminal damage & arson
62 · 3%
Burglary
50 · 2%

When it happens

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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 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill at night?

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Common questions

Is Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 47/100). About 34% of severity-weighted incidents in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 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 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill?

Other theft — 1,289 of 2,014 incidents (64%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to June 2026.

How is the Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 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.