Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Crown Heights in green. The most dangerous areas in Crown Heights 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY Safe from Murder?

The A grade means the rate of murder is much lower than the average US neighborhood. Crown Heights is in the 88th percentile for safety, meaning 12% of neighborhoods are safer and 88% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Crown Heights's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Crown Heights is 0.0220 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Crown Heights generally consider the west part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Crown Heights may be as high as 1 in 36,239 in the south neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 83,543 in the west part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the south parts of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY: about 0 per year. The west part of Crown Heights has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Crown Heights's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Crown Heights 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, Crown Heights 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Crown Heights about $2,878,112 in 2025, or roughly $41 per resident. This is part of Crown Heights's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Crown Heights, including every crime type and how Crown Heights 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 Crown Heights's crime maps on the Crown Heights overall crime page.

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Individual Crown Heights Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY	A-	C	A-	A
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, NY	A-	C+	A-	A+
Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, NY	B	C	B	A
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY	B	D+	B	A
Fort Green, Brooklyn, NY	B	C	B-	A
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY	B+	B+	B	A
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY	B	C+	B	A
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, NY	A-	B+	A-	A
Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, NY	B	D	B	A-
Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY	B+	D+	B+	A-

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Crown Heights 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
Covina-Valley, Covina, CA	B-	B-	B-	A-
Southeast Arlington, Arlington, TX	B-	B-	B-	B
Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL	D	C	C	D-
Logan Square, Chicago, IL	D+	C+	C+	D+
Long Island City, Queens, NY	B+	B-	B-	C+
Midtown, Manhattan, NY	C-	C-	C-	C-
Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA	B-	B+	B+	A-
Northeast, Virginia Beach, VA	B	A	A	B-
Northwest, Anaheim, CA	B+	C	C	A
Otay Ranch, Chula Vista, CA	A+	A	A	A+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY average SchoolGrade of A, with 59% actual proficiency versus 52% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Crown Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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