Harlem, Manhattan, NY Property Crime Rates and Maps
Harlem is a neighborhood of 146,800 residents in Manhattan, about 8 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Harlem?
Property crime is high in Harlem: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades F. Manhattan as a whole grades D for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Harlem as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Harlem scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Harlem, Manhattan, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Harlem in Manhattan, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Harlem
Burglary is a strength. Harlem grades F for property crime, but burglary grades A-.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Manhattan as a whole, 79% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Thefts run high. Harlem has thefts at about double the US rate: 27.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How Harlem compares within Manhattan
High property crime is widespread across Harlem: 93% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 4% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Harlem run from A+ to F.
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A or B 4%C 3%D or F 93%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Harlem has less property crime than 0 of the 30 neighborhoods in Manhattan. It covers much of the Washington Heights, Harlem, and Hamilton Heights areas.
Is property crime going up in Manhattan?
Reported property crime in Manhattan as a whole has risen 58% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 15 to 23 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
ManhattanUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Manhattan. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Manhattan
Property, US
2016
+1%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
-8%
2021
+8%
-10%
2022
+44%
-6%
2023
+61%
-7%
2024
+58%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Harlem
CrimeGrade™ estimates Harlem has about 41 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 73% more than the US as a whole and close to Manhattan as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Harlem, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Manhattan
The New York City Police Department polices Harlem; these figures cover New York as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In New York as a whole, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 79% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (79%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (79%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Harlem and nearby neighborhoods
Harlem has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Morningside Heights and Upper West Side have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Harlem apart: it has a Walk Grade of A+ (96 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 117 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 99% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (96 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Harlem: B+ (71 of 100).117 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Harlem
Property crime costs Harlem about $38 million a year, or $256 per resident and about $606 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
