Ozone Park, Queens, NY Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Ozone Park is a neighborhood of 56,100 residents in Queens, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Ozone Park?

Ozone Park grades C+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Queens as a whole grades B for violent crime.

C+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 527 of 1,000
More violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Ozone Park as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Ozone Park scores 527.

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.

D+
Overall crimeSafety score 284 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
F
Property crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Ozone Park

Map of Ozone Park shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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F D C B A+
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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 Ozone Park, Queens, NY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ozone Park in Queens, 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 about violent crime in Ozone Park

Robbery at more than double the US rate. Ozone Park has 1.7 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.


How Ozone Park compares within Queens

Most of Ozone Park grades well for violent crime: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Ozone Park run from B+ to F.

A or B 70%C 20%D or F 10%

Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Ozone Park has less violent crime than 9 of the 47 neighborhoods in Queens. It covers much of the Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Howard Beach areas and the Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, and Arverne areas.


Is violent crime going up in Queens?

Reported violent crime in Queens as a whole has risen 15% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.7 to 6.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.

Violent crime, change since 2019

QueensUnited States

Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Queens. The charts follow crimes per resident.

Data table
YearViolent, QueensViolent, US
2016+1%+4%
2017-4%+4%
2018-4%+0%
2019+0%+0%
2020-4%+4%
2021+10%+6%
2022+28%+5%
2023+15%+2%
2024+15%-4%

Violent crime rates and types in Ozone Park

CrimeGrade™ estimates Ozone Park has about 24 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 78% more than the US as a whole and close to Queens 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 Ozone Park, about 91% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderB+20.040.05
RapeB+170.300.38
RobberyF951.70.62
AssaultC-1,22221.812.3

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.


Where and when violent crime happens in Queens

The New York City Police Department polices Ozone Park; these figures cover New York as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In New York as a whole, 50% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 45% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStreets and sidewalks (45%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (50%)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.


Violent crime in Ozone Park and nearby neighborhoods

Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Ozone Park, 7 have less violent crime. Forest Hills and Middle Village have the least.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Ozone ParkC+527D+56,100
Woodhaven 1 mileB+702C-40,700
Richmond Hill 1 mileC415F71,700
Howard Beach 1 mileA-775B30,600
South Ozone Park 2 milesB652C+48,600
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
East Brooklyn 2 milesD-124F164,000
Glendale 2 milesB+740B-35,600
Broadway Junction 3 milesF0F12,600
Forest Hills 3 milesA863B+72,300
Kew Ggardens 3 milesB+756B-91,500
Middle Village 3 milesA-818B-39,800

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Ozone Park. 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, Ozone Park has more violent crime than 61% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Ozone ParkC+527D+56,100
Westwood, Los Angeles, CAA+928A-56,700
Midtown, Manhattan, NYA906B+56,400
Gramercy, Manhattan, NYA856B55,200
Downtown Jersey City, Jersey City, NJA-842B55,800
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
The Heights, Jersey City, NJB+715C-55,900
Southeast, Anaheim, CAB+711B56,400
Western Addition, San Francisco, CAB+695F56,600
Rogers Park, Chicago, ILC430D-55,800
Oxford Circle, Philadelphia, PAD183F57,100
Fordham, Bronx, NYF4F56,300

Density, walkability and tree cover in Ozone Park

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Ozone Park apart: it has 99% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of A (88 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.

Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.99% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% 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. 92% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (88 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Ozone Park: B- (51 of 100).45 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% 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 Ozone Park

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Ozone Park about $79 million a year, or $1,403 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $21 million, or $377 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
  • The New York City Police Department publishes its own crime data

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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