The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Spring Valley, NY
Spring Valley is a village of 54,300 in Rockland County, about 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Spring Valley, NY safe?
Crime in Spring Valley is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Spring Valley. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Spring Valley run from A to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 741 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Spring Valley as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Spring Valley scores 741.
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 Spring Valley, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Spring Valley, 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 Spring Valley
Burglaries happen in the morning more often than nationally. In Spring Valley, 42% of reported burglaries happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 25% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Spring Valley
Most of Spring Valley grades well: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Spring Valley run from A to C; 13% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Spring Valley, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Spring Valley?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Spring Valley is up 62%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 3.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Spring ValleyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Spring Valley. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Spring Valley
Violent, US
Property, Spring Valley
Property, US
2016
+9%
+4%
-8%
+15%
2017
+15%
+4%
-7%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
+4%
-19%
-8%
2021
-9%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
+26%
-6%
2023
+3%
+2%
+46%
-7%
2024
-0%
-4%
+62%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Spring Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Spring Valley has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 26% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Spring Valley, about 43% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Spring Valley
Spring Valley has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
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 Spring Valley compares with nearby cities
Spring Valley has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Density, parking lots and walkability in Spring Valley
Two things set Spring Valley apart: it has 78% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more robbery and car theft, and robbery runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.78% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 92% 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. 61% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% 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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% 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 Spring Valley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Spring Valley about $1,225 a year per household, about the same as 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 $43 million a year, or $800 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$31
Rape
$950,000
$18
Robbery
$1.2 million
$22
Assault
$6.1 million
$112
Burglary
$680,000
$13
Theft
$3.5 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$290,000
$5
Arson
$46,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$25
Total
$16 million
$291
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 Spring Valley 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. Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley, NY average a SchoolGrade of F: 35% of students test proficient, against 52% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Spring Valley on SchoolGrade
