Theater District, Manhattan, NY Property Crime Rates and Maps
Theater District is a neighborhood of 20,100 residents in Manhattan, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Theater District?
Theater District grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Theft makes up 83% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F. Manhattan as a whole grades D for property crime.
F
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Theater District as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Theater District 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 Theater District, Manhattan, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Theater District 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 Theater District
Thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Theater District, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 131.1 thefts and 19.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.
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.
How Theater District compares within Manhattan
High property crime is widespread across Theater District: 86% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 13% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Theater District run from B to F.
13%86%
A or B 13%C 1%D or F 86%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Theater District has less property crime than 10 of the 30 neighborhoods in Manhattan. It covers much of the Upper West Side, Midtown, and Murray Hill areas and the Chelsea and Clinton 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 Theater District
CrimeGrade™ estimates Theater District has about 158 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for 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 Theater District, about 83% 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 Theater District; 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 Theater District and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Theater District, 9 have less property crime. Murray Hill and Midtown have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Theater District. 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, Theater District has more property crime than 64% of them.
Walkability, transit and shops in Theater District
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Theater District apart: it has a Walk Grade of A+ (98 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 260 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, 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. 100% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (98 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 99% 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 Theater District: A (83 of 100).260 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 99% 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.75.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.729 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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 Theater District
Property crime costs Theater District about $18 million a year, or $896 per resident and about $1,314 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. Theater District is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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.
