The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Valley Stream, NY
Valley Stream is a village of 52,200 in Nassau County, about 16 miles southeast of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Valley Stream, NY safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Valley Stream is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Valley Stream sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 861 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Valley Stream as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Valley Stream scores 861.
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 Valley Stream, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Valley Stream, 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 Valley Stream
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Valley Stream has 0.41.
Burglaries are uncommon. Valley Stream has burglaries at less than half the US rate: 0.72 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Valley Stream
Every part of Valley Stream where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Valley Stream run from A to B+; 69% of residents live in areas with 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 Valley Stream, the southwest side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Valley Stream?
Reported crime in Valley Stream has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 37% and property crime up 14%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.1 to 10 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Valley StreamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Valley Stream. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Valley Stream
Violent, US
Property, Valley Stream
Property, US
2016
-4%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
-7%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
-15%
+0%
+0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-18%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
-12%
-10%
2022
+37%
+5%
+34%
-6%
2023
+49%
+2%
+41%
-7%
2024
+37%
-4%
+14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Valley Stream
CrimeGrade™ estimates Valley Stream has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 36% 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 Valley Stream, about 51% 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.
How Valley Stream compares with nearby cities
Valley Stream has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Malverne and Lynbrook have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Valley Stream apart: it has 27 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 78% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
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 Valley Stream: C- (30 of 100).27 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% 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.78% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% 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
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% 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.4.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 64% 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 Valley Stream
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Valley Stream about $721 a year per household, 40% 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 $29 million a year, or $554 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$890,000
$17
Rape
$370,000
$7
Robbery
$670,000
$13
Assault
$4.6 million
$88
Burglary
$340,000
$6
Theft
$3.5 million
$67
Vehicle theft
$230,000
$4
Arson
$32,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$21
Total
$12 million
$225
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 Valley Stream 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 Valley Stream, NY average a SchoolGrade of A-: 66% of students test proficient, against 68% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Valley Stream on SchoolGrade
