Mott Haven, Bronx, NY Property Crime Rates and Maps

Mott Haven is a neighborhood of 75,000 residents in Bronx, about 3 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Mott Haven?

Mott Haven grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades F. Bronx as a whole grades F for property crime.

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Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 0 of 1,000
More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mott Haven as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mott Haven 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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoods
F
Violent crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Mott Haven

Map of Mott Haven shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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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 Mott Haven, Bronx, NY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mott Haven in Bronx, 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 Mott Haven

Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Bronx as a whole, 79% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.

Thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Mott Haven, each runs at more than double the US rate: 33.1 thefts and 14.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.


How Mott Haven compares within Bronx

High property crime is widespread across Mott Haven: 93% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 7% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Mott Haven run from A+ to F.

A or B 7%D or F 93%

Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Mott Haven has less property crime than 18 of the 30 neighborhoods in Bronx. It covers much of the South Bronx and Mott Haven areas.


Is property crime going up in Bronx?

Reported property crime in Bronx 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

BronxUnited States

Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Bronx. The charts follow crimes per resident.

Data table
YearProperty, BronxProperty, 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 Mott Haven

CrimeGrade™ estimates Mott Haven has about 55 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 65% more than Bronx 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 Mott Haven, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryB2443.32.4
TheftF2,48633.113.1
Vehicle theftF2533.42.7
ArsonD+290.380.12
VandalismD-1,11814.95.5

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 Bronx

The New York City Police Department polices Mott Haven; 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.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (50%)Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theftStreets and sidewalks (79%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from carsStreets and sidewalks (79%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
VandalismStreets 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 Mott Haven and nearby neighborhoods

Mott Haven has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Mott HavenF0F75,000
South Bronx 1 mileF0F175,200
East Harlem 2 milesF0F50,300
Harlem 2 milesF0F146,800
Hunts Point 2 milesD+234D-21,700
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Highbridge 2 milesF0F68,400
Charlotte Gardens 2 milesF0F35,600
Hamilton Heights 2 milesF0F68,400
Yorkville 2 milesF0D60,100
Morningside Heights 2 milesD+264B-40,700
Soundview 3 milesF0F72,300

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mott Haven. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Mott Haven has more property crime than 65% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Mott HavenF0F75,000
Central Phoenix, Phoenix, AZB-539C-77,400
Galleria-Uptown, Houston, TXC+495B-77,600
East End, Houston, TXC+463D-75,600
Queens Village, Queens, NYD198C77,700
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Far Rockaway, Queens, NYD156D77,600
Downtown San Jose, San Jose, CAF0D76,200
Ridgewood, Queens, NYF0C-77,700
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CAF0F76,400
Logan Square, Chicago, ILF0D72,900
East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NYF0F75,900

Transit, empty homes and walkability in Mott Haven

Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mott Haven apart: it has 91 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 2.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.

Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Mott Haven: B- (55 of 100).91 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 91% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (86 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.95% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 80% 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 Mott Haven

Property crime costs Mott Haven about $27 million a year, or $366 per resident and about $1,040 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The New York City Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

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