Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Bushwick in green. The most dangerous areas in Bushwick are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Safe from Murder?

The A grade means the rate of murder is much lower than the average US neighborhood. Bushwick is in the 86th percentile for safety, meaning 14% of neighborhoods are safer and 86% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Bushwick's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Bushwick is 0.0245 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Bushwick generally consider the southwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Bushwick may be as high as 1 in 35,811 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 54,783 in the southwest part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northwest parts of Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY: about 1 per year. The southwest part of Bushwick has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Bushwick's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Bushwick to the New York state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Bushwick is safer than the New York state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Bushwick about $5,859,049 in 2025, or roughly $46 per resident. This is part of Bushwick's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Bushwick, including every crime type and how Bushwick compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Bushwick's crime maps on the Bushwick overall crime page.

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Individual Bushwick Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Bushwick is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Bushwick.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Ridgewood, Queens, NY	B+	B-	B	A-
Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, NY	B	D	B	A-
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY	B	D+	B	A
Broadway Junction, Brooklyn, NY	C	D-	C	B+
Glendale, Queens, NY	A-	B+	A-	A-
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY	B	C+	B-	B+
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY	B	C+	B	A
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY	B-	B-	C+	B+
Maspeth, Queens, NY	A-	B+	A-	B+
Middle Village, Queens, NY	A	A	A	B+

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Bushwick is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY	A-	B+	B+	A-
Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA	D	D-	D-	D+
Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY	B+	D+	D+	A-
Astoria, Queens, NY	A-	B	B	B
Jackson Heights-ny, Queens, NY	B+	C+	C+	B+
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY	A	A-	A-	A
Southeast Mesa, Mesa, AZ	A	A-	A-	B
East Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY	B	C-	C-	A-
Wakefield-Williamsbridge, Bronx, NY	B+	C+	C+	A-
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY	B	C+	C+	B+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY average SchoolGrade of A-, with 53% actual proficiency versus 53% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Bushwick schools on SchoolGrade

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