Hillcrest, Spring Valley, NY Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Hillcrest is a neighborhood of 4,580 residents in Spring Valley, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Hillcrest?

Violent crime in Hillcrest is a little lower than in most US neighborhoods: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Spring Valley as a whole grades A- for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 899 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Hillcrest as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Hillcrest scores 899.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 865 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhood
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Property crimeSafety score 805 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhood

How it works


Violent crime map of Hillcrest

Map of Hillcrest shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Hillcrest, Spring Valley, NY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hillcrest 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


Violent crime rates and types in Hillcrest

CrimeGrade™ estimates Hillcrest has about 5.3 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 61% less than the US as a whole and 54% less than Spring Valley as a whole.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Hillcrest, about 97% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 1under 0.010.05
RapeA+under 10.050.38
RobberyA-under 10.110.62
AssaultA-235.112.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.


Violent crime in Hillcrest and nearby neighborhoods

Hillcrest has the most violent crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
HillcrestA899A4,580
Bardonia 3 milesA+953A+3,560
Viola 3 milesA+946A+6,610
Mt Ivy 4 milesA914A3,870
Masonicus 6 milesA+972A+4,160
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Northwest Ridgewood 11 milesA+971A+4,200
Wortendyke 11 milesA+945A+3,840
Downtown Ridgewood 12 milesA+939A5,420
Southeast Ridgewood 12 milesA+969A+4,630
Ridgewood Junction 12 milesA+953A+3,460
Radburn 14 milesA+959A12,000

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hillcrest. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Hillcrest is safer than 89% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
HillcrestA899A4,580
Old Naples, Naples, FLA907A4,580
Steubing Ranch, San Antonio, TXA-811B+4,580
Newland, Huntington Beach, CAA-798B+4,570
Mount Carmel, Wyandotte, MIB+742A-4,590
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Outer Comstock, Syracuse, NYC+507C4,570
Roxhill, Seattle, WAC+474D4,590
Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, PAC440C+4,590
Shackelford, Modesto, CAC432C4,580
Sugaw Creek, Charlotte, NCF0F4,590
East Side, Pueblo, COF0F4,580

Jobs, transit and walkability in Hillcrest

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Hillcrest apart: it has 5 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and tree cover over 33% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.

JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.5 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hillcrest: F (4 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 assault. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.33% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 93% 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 violent crime costs Hillcrest

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Hillcrest about $1.2 million a year, or $272 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $340,000, or $74 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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