NYPD numbers, January 1 to October 11, 2026
On this year’s NYPD numbers, Marine Park’s precinct has the fifth lowest violent crime rate of Brooklyn’s 23 precincts, at 2.17 per 1,000 residents. Madison and Sheepshead Bay’s precinct ranks fourth, at 1.87.
There is one honest wrinkle. Overall crime in the 63rd Precinct, which covers Marine Park, is down 4.9% this year, but violent crime is up, from 217 to 245 reports. Below is each crime, each precinct, and where the precinct lines actually fall.
Stock photos of marshland and quiet residential streets. Photos: A G, Brett A, Charles Parker, David Yu, Sami TÜRK, _ Whittington on Pexels.
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Neighborhood names and precinct lines do not match neatly, and plenty of pages get this wrong. So we laid the city’s own neighborhood map over the NYPD’s precinct map and measured the overlap.
Which precinct covers which neighborhood
Marine Park: 63rd
99.1% of the Marine Park, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach area, plus Flatlands.
Madison: 61st
97.6% of Madison sits in the 61st, with Homecrest and east Gravesend.
Sheepshead Bay: 61st
100% of Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach.
Midwood: 70th
98.2% of Midwood, shared with Flatbush and Ditmas Park.
Our overlay of NYC Planning 2020 neighborhood areas on NYPD precinct boundaries, both from NYC Open Data, October 2026.
Marine Park the neighborhood takes its name from Marine Park the park, one of the largest in the city, with Gerritsen Creek and the Salt Marsh Nature Center inside it. Kings Plaza Shopping Center sits nearby at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U, and the Belt Parkway runs along the shore. There is no subway stop inside the neighborhood, so buses and cars do most of the work.
The 63rd Precinct station house is at 1844 Brooklyn Avenue. The NYPD says the precinct covers about 8.96 square miles, including 1.5 square miles of park and the undeveloped marshland of the Marine Park area, home to the Salt Marsh Nature Center in southeastern Brooklyn.
Here is every major crime the NYPD counts for the 63rd, this year so far against the same weeks of 2025.
| Crime | 2025 so far | 2026 so far | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 3 | 1 | -66.7% |
| Rape | 12 | 16 | +33.3% |
| Robbery | 79 | 84 | +6.3% |
| Felony assault | 123 | 144 | +17.1% |
| Burglary | 52 | 63 | +21.2% |
| Grand larceny | 413 | 354 | -14.3% |
| Car theft | 122 | 103 | -15.6% |
| All seven | 804 | 765 | -4.9% |
NYPD CompStat weekly report, 63rd Precinct, January 1 to October 11 of each year, read October 17, 2026. Figures are preliminary and can be revised.
The rise in violent crime is mostly felony assault, up 123 to 144, with rapes up from 12 to 16. Murders fell from 3 to 1, and shooting incidents from 5 to 3.
Property crime moved the other way overall. Grand larceny and car theft both fell, while burglary rose +21.2%. Because property crime is the bigger share of the total, the precinct’s overall count went down.
Put in perspective: the 63rd’s rate of 2.17 violent crimes per 1,000 residents is still well under the Brooklyn rate of 3.55, and only four precincts in the borough are lower.
Madison sits almost entirely inside the 61st Precinct, along with Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach. The 61st had the fourth lowest violent crime rate in Brooklyn this year, 1.87 per 1,000 residents, and it improved.
| Crime | 2025 so far | 2026 so far | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2 | 1 | -50% |
| Rape | 11 | 16 | +45.5% |
| Robbery | 112 | 96 | -14.3% |
| Felony assault | 228 | 204 | -10.5% |
| Burglary | 117 | 121 | +3.4% |
| Grand larceny | 465 | 492 | +5.8% |
| Car theft | 181 | 115 | -36.5% |
| All seven | 1,116 | 1,045 | -6.4% |
NYPD CompStat weekly report, 61st Precinct, January 1 to October 11 of each year.
The biggest single change was car theft, down -36.5%. Robberies fell from 112 to 96 and felony assaults from 228 to 204. Grand larceny went up a little, from 465 to 492.
Gravesend splits three ways. Its eastern part is in the 61st with Madison, its western part is in the 62nd, and its southern part is in the 60th, which also covers Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
Safety is one question buyers ask. The next is what homes cost. Most homes sold in Marine Park this year were one family houses on residential streets around the park. Madison’s sales mix houses with co-op and condo apartments.
| 2026 sales | Marine Park | Madison |
|---|---|---|
| One to three family houses sold | 134 | 100 |
| Median house price | $860,000 | $1,325,000 |
| Median one family house | $818,000 | $1,250,000 |
| Median co-op | $230,000 | $290,000 |
| Houses built before 1940 | 83.6% | 87% |
NYC Department of Finance rolling sales, Brooklyn, file dated October 13, 2026. Sales recorded January 1 to September 30, 2026, at $100,000 or more.
House prices in both neighborhoods rose from last year: the Marine Park house median moved from $850,000 to $860,000, and Madison’s from $1,250,000 to $1,325,000.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, southern Brooklyn, 2026 so far
Murder, rape, robbery and felony assault reported January 1 to October 11, 2026. The number before each name is its rank of 23.
NYPD CompStat weekly precinct reports; 2020 Census population by precinct.
Midwood, policed by the 70th Precinct, sits right beside them in the ranking and had the biggest drop in crime of any Brooklyn precinct this year, down 24.1%. Our full Brooklyn ranking has every precinct.
One-year changes can bounce around. The NYPD’s report also shows each precinct’s full-year totals going back decades, and that picture is very different.
Anyone who remembers Brooklyn in the early 1990s is right that it was a different place. The numbers back that up.
Marine Park, Madison and Midwood are where we sell, from our office at 1524 East 23rd Street. Buyers ask about safety early, and the top Google result for this question is still a Reddit thread from 2024. We would rather point them to the NYPD’s own numbers, with the date and the precinct named.
We do not tell anyone where they should live. We give the numbers and the source, and we tell sellers plainly how a buyer is likely to read them. If you own in Marine Park, here is how we sell homes there.
Marine Park’s 63rd Precinct had 2.17 reported violent crimes per 1,000 residents from January 1 to October 11, 2026, the fifth lowest rate of Brooklyn’s 23 precincts. Overall crime there is down 4.9% from last year, though violent crime rose from 217 to 245 reports.
Madison is covered by the 61st Precinct, which had the fourth lowest violent crime rate in Brooklyn this year, 1.87 per 1,000 residents. Its violent crime fell 10.2%.
Sheepshead Bay is also in the 61st Precinct, with 1.87 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far in 2026. Its seven major crimes fell 6.4% compared with the same weeks of 2025.
It depends on the part. East Gravesend is in the 61st Precinct (1.87 violent crimes per 1,000 residents), west Gravesend in the 62nd (1.83) and south Gravesend in the 60th (4.99).
The 63rd Precinct, at 1844 Brooklyn Avenue. By the city’s maps, 99.1% of the Marine Park, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach neighborhood area falls inside it.
Overall, no: the 63rd’s seven major crimes fell from 804 to 765. Violent crime did rise, mostly felony assault, from 123 to 144.
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Crime figures are public NYPD numbers and are general information, not a safety guarantee or a prediction. Last reviewed October 2026.
