Mount Vernon, NY Crime Map

Mount Vernon Safety Overview: What the Data Actually Shows

With a population of 67,623 and an overall crime grade of D+, Mount Vernon, NY presents a more nuanced safety picture than that single grade suggests. Across the seven neighborhoods analyzed, 71% earned a B or higher — meaning the majority of the city's residential areas are measurably safer than the city-wide figure implies. No neighborhood scored an A, but five scored in the B range, and none fell to a D or F. That distribution matters when you're deciding where to live, rent, or commute.

Safest Neighborhoods in Mount Vernon

The strongest safety grades belong to Parkside (B+, median income $86,872) and Fleetwood (B+, median income $88,281) — the latter being one of the most populous neighborhoods in the city at 15,441 residents. Chester Heights earns a solid B with the highest median income in the dataset at $95,392, while Mount Vernon Heights (B, income $84,596) and West Mount Vernon (B, income $61,511) round out the safer tier. The income correlation is notable: neighborhoods with household incomes well above the city median of $59,291 consistently post stronger safety grades.

Higher-Crime Areas to Understand

Southside Mount Vernon is the most concerning area in the analysis, earning a C- with a median household income of $55,892 — the lowest in the city — and a population of 16,792, making it the largest neighborhood by headcount. Downtown Mount Vernon scores a C+ with a median income of $62,152, and while that grade is not alarming on its own, its size of 13,246 residents means crime incidents there carry significant weight on city-wide averages. Together, these two neighborhoods account for the bulk of the drag on Mount Vernon's overall D+ grade, even as most of the city's other areas perform considerably better.

Crime Grade Distribution Across Neighborhoods

Of the seven neighborhoods analyzed, none earned an A grade and none fell below a C-. Five neighborhoods — 71.4% of the total — landed in the B range, while two neighborhoods, or 28.6%, scored at the C level. There are no D or F neighborhoods anywhere in the dataset. This distribution suggests that while Mount Vernon's city-wide grade reflects real concerns concentrated in specific areas, the majority of the city's geography is not defined by high crime. Residents and prospective buyers should weigh neighborhood-level grades heavily rather than relying solely on the city-wide D+ figure.

Property Crime vs. Violent Crime Patterns

Mount Vernon's crime profile, like many dense suburban cities bordering New York City at 5,943 residents per square mile, tends to reflect elevated property crime alongside pockets of violent crime. The neighborhoods with lower incomes — particularly Southside Mount Vernon and Downtown Mount Vernon — show the steepest crime grades, consistent with patterns where economic stress correlates with both theft-related offenses and assault incidents. Higher-income areas like Chester Heights and Fleetwood, by contrast, benefit from lower overall incident rates across both categories. The city's unemployment rate of 6.6% and poverty rate of 13.6% provide context for why certain corridors see more persistent crime activity than others.

How the Crime Map Helps Residents Make Better Decisions

For home buyers evaluating whether a $367,042 median home value is justified in a given block, the interactive crime map translates raw data into a geographic layer that price listings alone cannot provide. Renters paying a median of $1,327 per month can cross-reference specific streets in Fleetwood or Parkside against incident heat maps before signing a lease. Daily commuters passing through Downtown Mount Vernon or Southside Mount Vernon can identify time-of-day patterns and adjust routes accordingly. The map is not a guarantee of safety — it is a decision-support tool, and in a city where neighborhood grades range from B+ to C-, the difference between choosing one zip code over another is measurable and documented.