Roselawn is a neighborhood of 4,550 residents in Brighton, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Roselawn in Brighton safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Roselawn is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Roselawn sits near the middle: 47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against B. Brighton as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 824 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Roselawn as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Roselawn scores 824.
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 Roselawn, Brighton, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Roselawn in Brighton, 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 Roselawn
Car thefts run high for an A-graded neighborhood. Roselawn has 3.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.5.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Brighton as a whole, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Roselawn
CrimeGrade™ estimates Roselawn has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Brighton 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Roselawn is theft, about 44% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Brighton
The Brighton Town Police Department polices Roselawn; these figures cover Brighton as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Brighton as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Roselawn compares with nearby neighborhoods
Roselawn has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Cobbs Hill has less.
Two things set Roselawn apart: it has tree cover over 36% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 16.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with a lot of tree cover tend to report less robbery.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.NoneUS: 24%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.36% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 96% 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 (39 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.16.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 83% 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 Roselawn
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Roselawn about $664 a year per household, 45% 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 $1.7 million a year, or $368 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 Roselawn 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 Roselawn, Brighton, NY average a SchoolGrade of A+: 78% of students test proficient, against 66% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Roselawn on SchoolGrade
