The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Port Chester, NY
Port Chester is a village of 31,400 in Westchester County, about 25 miles northeast of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Port Chester, NY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Port Chester: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 906 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Port Chester as a whole, and 31% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Port Chester scores 906.
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 Port Chester, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Port Chester, 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 Port Chester
Simple assault runs low. Port Chester has 0.86 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 Port Chester
Every part of Port Chester where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Port Chester run from A+ to A-; every part of Port Chester has 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 Port Chester, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Port Chester?
Reported property crime in Port Chester has risen 37% 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 6.9 to 9.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 10%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Port ChesterUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Port Chester. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Port Chester
Property, US
2016
+150%
+15%
2017
+60%
+12%
2018
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
+6%
-10%
2022
+55%
-6%
2023
+53%
-7%
2024
+37%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Port Chester
CrimeGrade™ estimates Port Chester has about 15 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 61% less than the US as a whole and 64% 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 Port Chester 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.
The Port Chester Village Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Port Chester compares with nearby cities
Port Chester has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Rye and Purchase have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, walkability and density in Port Chester
Two things set Port Chester apart: it has 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of B (63 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 96% 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. 50% of residents here live in walkable areas.B (63 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.81% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% 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 Port Chester: C- (30 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% 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 Port Chester
Crime costs Port Chester about $374 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 69% 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 $8.9 million a year, or $283 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$360,000
$12
Rape
$140,000
$4
Robbery
$350,000
$11
Assault
$580,000
$19
Burglary
$220,000
$7
Theft
$1.3 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$180,000
$6
Arson
$13,000
under $1
Vandalism
$810,000
$26
Total
$3.9 million
$125
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 Port Chester 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. Port Chester 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 Port Chester, NY average a SchoolGrade of B-: 61% of students test proficient, against 60% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Port Chester on SchoolGrade
