Richmond Hill, Queens, NY Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Richmond Hill is a neighborhood of 71,700 residents in Queens, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Richmond Hill?
Violent crime is high in Richmond Hill: a C, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Assaults make up 94% 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 415 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Richmond Hill as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Richmond Hill scores 415.
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.
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 Richmond Hill, Queens, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill
Robberies and simple assaults both run high. In Richmond Hill, each runs at more than double the US rate: 1.7 robberies and 22.8 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 9.7 nationally.
How Richmond Hill compares within Queens
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 54% of residents in Richmond Hill; 42% live in areas graded A or B and 4% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Richmond Hill run from A- to F.
42%54%
A or B 42%C 54%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Richmond Hill has less violent crime than 4 of the 47 neighborhoods in Queens. It covers much of 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
Year
Violent, Queens
Violent, 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 Richmond Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richmond Hill has about 30 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 36% more than 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 Richmond Hill, about 94% of the total.
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 Richmond Hill; 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.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (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 Richmond Hill and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Richmond Hill, 8 have less violent crime. Forest Hills and Howard Beach have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Richmond Hill. 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, Richmond Hill has more violent crime than 71% of them.
Density, walkability and tree cover in Richmond Hill
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Richmond Hill apart: it has 99% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of A (85 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 93% 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. 94% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (85 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% 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 86% 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 Richmond Hill: B- (49 of 100).43 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 84% 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 Richmond Hill
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Richmond Hill about $126 million a year, or $1,754 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $33 million, or $464 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
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.
