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New York, NY · the CityFunIndex

Safety in New York

New York ranks T#63 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 53 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New York.

safety score
53
Fun
National rank
T#63 of 134
In New York
#1 of 2
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; New York sits 3 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around New York

  1. #61 Glendale, AZ 55
  2. #62 San Jose, CA 54
  3. T#63 New York, NY — this page 53
  4. #65 Columbus, OH 52
  5. #66 Reno, NV 51

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about New York

New York scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: