Riverdale, Bronx, NY Property Crime Rates and Maps
Riverdale is a neighborhood of 30,300 residents in Bronx, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Riverdale?
Riverdale grades C for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Theft makes up 70% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades D-. Bronx as a whole grades F for property crime.
C
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 409 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Riverdale as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Riverdale scores 409.
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 Riverdale, Bronx, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Riverdale 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 Riverdale
Burglary is a strength. Riverdale grades C for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live.
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.
How Riverdale compares within Bronx
Property crime varies widely across Riverdale: 22% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 63% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Riverdale run from A+ to F.
22%15%63%
A or B 22%C 15%D or F 63%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Riverdale has less property crime than 28 of the 30 neighborhoods in Bronx. It covers much of the University Heights, Kings Bridge, and Riverdale 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
Year
Property, Bronx
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 Riverdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Riverdale has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more than the US as a whole and 24% less 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 Riverdale, about 70% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Riverdale; 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 Riverdale and nearby neighborhoods
Riverdale has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Riverdale. 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, Riverdale is safer than 67% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Riverdale apart: it has 50 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 4.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 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 Riverdale: C (39 of 100).50 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% 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.B (57 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% 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 Riverdale
Property crime costs Riverdale about $5.2 million a year, or $170 per resident and about $410 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. Riverdale is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
