The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Garden City, NY
Garden City is a village of 26,100 in Nassau County, about 18 miles east of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Garden City, NY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Garden City: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Garden City run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 949 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
85% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Garden City as a whole, and 15% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Garden City scores 949.
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 Garden City, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Garden City, 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 Garden City
Simple assault runs low. Garden City has 0.89 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Garden City
Every part of Garden City where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Garden City run from A+ to B; 97% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Garden City, the center has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Garden City?
Reported property crime in Garden City has fallen 34% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 12 to 8.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Garden CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Garden City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Garden City
Property, US
2016
-28%
+15%
2017
-20%
+12%
2018
+33%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
-35%
-10%
2022
-29%
-6%
2023
-20%
-7%
2024
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Garden City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Garden City has about 13 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 65% less than the US as a whole and 68% less than New York.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Garden City is theft, about 55% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Garden City compares with nearby cities
Garden City has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Garden City apart: it has 126 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 32 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.126 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Garden City: C- (29 of 100).32 trips an hourUS: noneHigher 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 and assault. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% 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
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 63% 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 crime costs Garden City
Crime costs Garden City about $314 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 74% 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 $6.0 million a year, or $229 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$220,000
$8
Rape
$140,000
$5
Robbery
$140,000
$6
Assault
$410,000
$16
Burglary
$130,000
$5
Theft
$950,000
$36
Vehicle theft
$98,000
$4
Arson
$16,000
$1
Vandalism
$660,000
$25
Total
$2.8 million
$105
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 Garden City 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 Garden City, NY average a SchoolGrade of B-: 60% of students test proficient, against 64% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Garden City on SchoolGrade
