Ludlow is a neighborhood of 11,700 residents in Yonkers, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Ludlow in Yonkers safe?
Crime in Ludlow is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Ludlow. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. Yonkers as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Ludlow run from A- to C-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 661 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ludlow as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ludlow scores 661.
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 Ludlow, Yonkers, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ludlow 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 Ludlow
Burglary is a strength. Ludlow grades B- for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live.
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.
How Ludlow compares within Yonkers
Low crime is the norm across Ludlow: 59% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Ludlow run from A- to C-; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
59%41%
A or B 59%C 41%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Ludlow has less crime than 4 of the 10 neighborhoods in Yonkers. It covers much of the Ludlow and Park Hills areas.
Is crime going up in Yonkers?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Yonkers as a whole is down 14%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.5 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.1 to 9.9 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11% and property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
YonkersUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Yonkers. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Yonkers
Violent, US
Property, Yonkers
Property, US
2016
+34%
+4%
+20%
+15%
2017
+15%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-0%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
-26%
+6%
-10%
-10%
2022
-7%
+5%
+2%
-6%
2023
-2%
+2%
+37%
-7%
2024
-14%
-4%
+9%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Ludlow
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ludlow has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and close to 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Ludlow, about 46% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
Where and when crime happens in Yonkers
The Yonkers Police Department polices Ludlow; 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 Ludlow compares with nearby neighborhoods
Ludlow has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Ludlow apart: it has 7 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 98% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.7 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.98% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 89% 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. 75% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (76 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Ludlow: C+ (42 of 100).50 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 87% 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 Ludlow
Crime costs Ludlow about $710 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 41% 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 $11 million a year, or $943 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 Ludlow 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. Ludlow 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
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 Ludlow, Yonkers, NY average a SchoolGrade of B+: 63% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Ludlow on SchoolGrade
