Yonkers, NY Crime Map

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Crime in Yonkers, NY

Is Yonkers, NY safe to live in?

Based on an analysis of all 33 neighborhoods in Yonkers, the city earns a city-wide Safety Rating of B (Safe). Exactly 70% of neighborhoods carry an A or B grade, meaning the majority of Yonkers residents live in areas considered safe. Notably, 17 out of 33 neighborhoods — 51.5% — earned a Grade A, the highest possible rating. Only 4 neighborhoods (12.1%) fall into the higher-crime D range, and not a single neighborhood received an F grade. Communities like Lincoln Park, Sprain Lake Knolls, and Homecrest anchor the city's strong safety profile, while areas such as Locust Hill (D-) and Getty Square (D+) represent the city's most challenging pockets. On balance, Yonkers compares favorably to many similarly sized cities.

What is the overall crime grade for Yonkers?

Yonkers carries an overall city-wide crime grade of C-, which reflects a blended picture across all 33 neighborhoods. However, that city-wide grade can be misleading on its own: the neighborhood-level Safety Rating is B (Safe), driven by the fact that 51.5% of neighborhoods earned an A grade and another 18.2% earned a B grade. The C- city-wide grade is pulled down by a smaller cluster of higher-crime areas — specifically Locust Hill (D-), Radford (D+), St. Joseph's (D+), and Getty Square (D+) — which together represent just 12.1% of analyzed neighborhoods. The 18.2% of neighborhoods graded C, including Old 7th Ward (C-), sit in the middle. Prospective residents should look beyond the city average and evaluate individual neighborhood grades when making housing decisions.

What are the safest neighborhoods in Yonkers?

Yonkers has 17 Grade A neighborhoods, accounting for more than half of all areas analyzed. The top performers include:

• Sprain Lake Knolls — Grade A, with a median household income of $141,694, the highest of any neighborhood in the dataset.
• Colonial Heights / Mohegan Heights — Grade A, median income $132,760, population 4,861.
• Homefield / Runyon Heights — Grade A, median income $119,032.
• Bryn Mawr / Lockwood — Grade A, the largest of the top-10 safest neighborhoods at 6,719 residents, median income $106,455.
• Lincoln North Park — Grade A, median income $106,523.
• Homecrest — Grade A, population 7,360, median income $98,168 — one of the safest high-density neighborhoods in the city.
• Hearthstone / Westchester Hills — Grade A, population 5,990, median income $96,650.
• Lincoln Park — Grade A, median income $96,605.
• Monastery Heights — Grade A, population 5,407, median income $81,980.
• Beverly Crest — Grade A, median income $81,002.

A consistent pattern emerges: every Grade A neighborhood carries a median household income above $81,000, compared to the city-wide median of $69,825, suggesting a meaningful relationship between neighborhood income levels and safety outcomes.

Which neighborhoods in Yonkers have the highest crime rates?

Four neighborhoods in Yonkers received a D grade, making them the highest-crime areas in the city's analysis. Locust Hill is the lowest-rated at D-, followed by Radford, St. Joseph's, and Getty Square, all graded D+. These four areas together represent 12.1% of the 33 neighborhoods analyzed. An additional six neighborhoods — including Old 7th Ward (C-) — received C grades (18.2%), placing them in a moderate-risk tier. Importantly, no neighborhood in Yonkers received an F grade, which distinguishes the city from higher-crime urban areas where the most dangerous zones score at the bottom of the scale. Residents and renters researching these specific neighborhoods should consult the interactive crime map for the most granular, up-to-date incident data.

How does Yonkers' crime compare across its neighborhoods?

The spread of crime grades across Yonkers' 33 neighborhoods tells a nuanced story. The grade distribution breaks down as follows: A: 51.5% of neighborhoods, B: 18.2%, C: 18.2%, D: 12.1%, and F: 0%. That means 7 in 10 Yonkers neighborhoods are rated safe (A or B), while fewer than 1 in 8 fall into the higher-crime D range. The absence of any F-grade neighborhood is a meaningful data point — it suggests that even the city's most challenging areas have not reached the extreme crime concentrations seen in some comparable metros. The wide gap between the safest neighborhoods (e.g., Sprain Lake Knolls at Grade A with a $141,694 median income) and the highest-crime areas (Locust Hill at D-) underscores how dramatically safety can vary within a single city of 200,183 residents.

Is Yonkers a good place to live in 2026?

For most residents, yes — Yonkers offers a livable, predominantly safe environment in 2026. With a population of 200,183, a median household income of $69,825, and a median home value of $413,495, the city sits at a competitive price point relative to neighboring Westchester County communities. The median rent of $1,461 is notably lower than many comparable New York metro markets. On safety, 70% of neighborhoods earn A or B grades, and standout communities like Bryn Mawr / Lockwood, Homecrest, and Hearthstone / Westchester Hills combine large populations with Grade A safety ratings — a rare combination. The city's 6.9% unemployment rate and 12.9% poverty rate do reflect economic pressures concentrated in specific areas, which correlates with the D-grade neighborhoods. Families and professionals prioritizing safety should focus their search on the city's northwestern and central residential corridors, where Grade A neighborhoods are most concentrated.