Colonial Heights is a neighborhood of 7,280 residents in Yonkers, about 4 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Colonial Heights in Yonkers safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Colonial Heights has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Yonkers as a whole grades B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 899 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Colonial Heights as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Colonial Heights scores 899.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Colonial Heights, Yonkers, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Colonial Heights in Yonkers, 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 in Colonial Heights
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Yonkers as a whole, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Theft runs low. Colonial Heights has 5.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
Crime rates and types in Colonial Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Colonial Heights has about 13 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 65% less than the US as a whole and 48% less than Yonkers as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Colonial Heights, about 42% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Yonkers
The Yonkers Police Department polices Colonial Heights; these figures cover Yonkers as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Yonkers as a whole, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (66%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
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.
How Colonial Heights compares with nearby neighborhoods
Colonial Heights has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Crestwood has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Colonial Heights. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Colonial Heights is safer than 98% of them.
Empty homes, tree cover and walkability in Colonial Heights
Two things set Colonial Heights apart: it has 0.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and tree cover over 31% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.0.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.31% where people liveUS: 21%Higher 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 and assault. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% 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 crime costs Colonial Heights
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Colonial Heights about $352 a year per household, 71% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $2.1 million a year, or $294 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Colonial Heights means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
Schools in Colonial Heights, Yonkers, NY average a SchoolGrade of D+: 47% of students test proficient, against 53% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Colonial Heights on SchoolGrade
