The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Westchester County, NY
Westchester County is home to 999,900 residents and includes Yonkers and New Rochelle · Updated November 2026
Is Westchester County, NY safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Westchester County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Westchester County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 890 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Westchester County as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Westchester County scores 890.
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 Westchester County, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westchester County, 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 Westchester County
Vehicle theft runs low. Westchester County has 0.77 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and most dangerous places in Westchester County
Low crime is the norm across Westchester County: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Westchester County run from A+ to F; 72% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 90%C 7%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Westchester County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Mount Kisco, Katonah, and Armonk areas have the least crime and the Yonkers and Mount Vernon areas the most.
Crime rates and types in Westchester County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westchester County has about 18 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% less than the US as a whole and 55% 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 Westchester County is theft, about 41% 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.
How Westchester County compares with nearby counties
Westchester County has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Westchester County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Westchester County is safer than 85% of them.
Transit, walkability and density in Westchester County
Two things set Westchester County apart: it has 22 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and a Walk Grade of C (37 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 52% of residents in Westchester County live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs 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 Westchester County: C- (27 of 100).22 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 95% of Americans
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.C (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.49% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 87% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 78% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.40 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 55% of Americans
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 Westchester County
Crime costs Westchester County about $488 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 60% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $179 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $483 million a year, or $483 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$18 million
$18
Rape
$8.0 million
$8
Robbery
$10 million
$10
Aggravated assault
$33 million
$33
Simple assault
$28 million
$28
Burglary
$6.8 million
$7
Theft
$37 million
$37
Vehicle theft
$12 million
$12
Arson
$1,000,000
$1
Vandalism
$25 million
$25
Total
$179 million
$179
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 Westchester County 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 Westchester County, NY average a SchoolGrade of A-: 65% of students test proficient, against 61% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Westchester County on SchoolGrade
