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Safety index · Staten Island, New York · data through March 2026

Is West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill safe?

West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 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 11th of 197 NYC neighborhoods — based on 78 incidents reported to the NYPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through March 2026).

53/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill — higher is safer. 11th of 197 NYC neighborhoods.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — public order alone is 32% 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 15% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Castleton AveVictory Blvd neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
78 incidents reported within 1 km of the West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill center · NYPD data through March 2026 · basemap: NYC Open Data. Reports cluster toward the north-west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.

What's reported here

Public order
25 · 32%
Violent crime
13 · 17%
Other
11 · 14%
Other theft
14 · 18%
Criminal damage & arson
5 · 6%
Vehicle crime
8 · 10%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from NYPD incident timestamps.

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Common questions

Is West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 53/100). About 43% of severity-weighted incidents in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes 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 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill?

Public order — 25 of 78 incidents (32%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through March 2026.

How is the West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes 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.