Staten Island is a borough of New York City, home to 495,000 residents · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Staten Island?
Staten Island earns a B for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades B.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 670 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Staten Island as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Staten Island scores 670.
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 Staten Island, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Staten Island, 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 Staten Island
Burglary is a strength. Staten Island grades B for property crime, but burglary grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live.
Car thefts run high in New Brighton & Clifton. In this part of northeast Staten Island, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Staten Island.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Staten Island, 79% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Staten Island
Property crime varies widely across Staten Island: 58% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 21% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Staten Island run from A to F.
58%21%21%
A or B 58%C 21%D or F 21%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Bloomfield & Bulls Head, westCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Staten Island.A-830
2Ettingville, Woodrow & Tottenville, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Staten Island.A-779
3Richmondtown, Oakwood & Todt Hill, centralCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Staten Island.B+753
4Great Kills, southBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Staten Island.B+732
5Mariners Harbor, northwestBurglaries run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Staten Island.B671
8New Brighton & Clifton, northeastThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Staten Island.C399
Neighborhood areas of Staten Island, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Staten Island?
Reported property crime in Staten Island 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
Staten IslandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Staten Island. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Staten Island
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 Staten Island
CrimeGrade™ estimates Staten Island has about 18 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% less than the US as a whole and 20% less than New York.
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 Staten Island, about 60% 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 Staten Island
The New York City Police Department polices Staten Island; 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 Staten Island and nearby cities
Staten Island has more property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. Rahway, NJ and Sewaren, NJ have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Staten Island. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Staten Island is safer than 73% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Staten Island apart: it has 40 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 86% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that 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 Staten Island: C (38 of 100).40 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 96% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.86% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 94% of US city residents
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- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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 Staten Island
Property crime costs Staten Island about $61 million a year, or $122 per resident and about $350 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.1 million
$6
Theft
$28 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$11 million
$22
Arson
$920,000
$2
Vandalism
$18 million
$36
Total
$61 million
$122
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. Staten Island 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.
