Rosedale is a neighborhood of 33,800 residents in Queens, about 7 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Rosedale in Queens safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Rosedale has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 80% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C-. Queens as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rosedale run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 544 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rosedale as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rosedale scores 544.
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 Rosedale, Queens, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rosedale in Queens, 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 Rosedale
Burglary is a strength. Rosedale grades C- for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Queens as a whole, 79% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Rosedale compares within Queens
Areas graded C are home to 65% of residents in Rosedale; 16% live in areas graded A or B and 19% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Rosedale run from B+ to F; every part of Rosedale has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
16%65%19%
A or B 16%C 65%D or F 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Rosedale has less crime than 21 of the 47 neighborhoods in Queens. It covers much of the Far Rockaway, St Albans, and Laurelton areas.
Is crime going up in Queens?
Reported crime in Queens as a whole has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 15% and property crime up 58%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.7 to 6.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 23 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
QueensUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Queens. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Queens
Violent, US
Property, Queens
Property, US
2016
+1%
+4%
+1%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+1%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
+10%
+6%
+8%
-10%
2022
+28%
+5%
+44%
-6%
2023
+15%
+2%
+61%
-7%
2024
+15%
-4%
+58%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Rosedale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rosedale has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more than the US as a whole and close to Queens 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 Rosedale, about 51% 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 Queens
The New York City Police Department polices Rosedale; 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.
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)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Rosedale compares with nearby neighborhoods
Rosedale has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Springfield Gardens and Cambria Heights have less.
Two things set Rosedale apart: it has 3.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 97% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 89% 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.97% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 84% 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.C+ (43 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% 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 Rosedale
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Rosedale about $1,353 a year per household, 12% more 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 $33 million a year, or $992 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 Rosedale 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
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 Rosedale, Queens, NY average a SchoolGrade of C+: 55% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Rosedale on SchoolGrade
