NYC School Safety Index

A map indicating the safety level of over 500 schools around the city of New York. Schools categorized by total recorded crime count.

Click on any location to view a school's name and total crime count (on record).

Cerulean Blue: <5 recorded crimes within school (or N/A)

Pantone Yellow: 5 - 15 recorded crimes within school

Brink Pink: 15+ recorded crimes within school

325

6

162

Everybody deserves to know how safe their children's schools are.

↓ Report safety concerns or view an official NYC school safety table - the same data we used to map out and categorize schools in NYC

Report a safety concern in an NYC School

As a parent with a child in an NYC School, you can file a complaint in the case that your child was harassed, abused, discriminated against. You can also report a fight or specific safety issue in a school. Information on the appropriate complaint form and contacts can be found to the right.

Report fights or other safety issues not related to building maintenance

The Department of Education reviews and addresses anonymous complaints. If you do not provide information about yourself, they will not be able to contact you to follow up.

  • Call: 311
  • Call: 212-NEW-YORK (212-639-9675)

Report corporal punishment or verbal abuse (Chancellor's Regulation A-420, A-421)

Report student to student discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying (Chancellor's Regulations A-832)

Report complaints of discrimination or harassment by DOE employees (Chancellor’s Regulation A-830)

Report student-to-student sexual harassment (Chancellor’s Regulation A-831)

More info

For Educators and School Admins: Learn how to identify and address school safety concerns

Schoolsafety.gov offers various resources, such as guides, that can help school employees make schools a safer place.

School Threat Assessment Toolkit ☍

This toolkit is designed to aid schools in employing behavioral threat assessment and management as part of a comprehensive violence prevention strategy. The toolkit offers guidance on training, implementation, and assessment of school threat assessment teams. It aims to ensure fidelity to student rights while providing practical tools like documents, forms, videos, and additional resources to support schools’ efforts.

Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model ☍

This guide provides actionable steps that schools can take to develop comprehensive targeted violence prevention plans and create processes and procedures for conducting threat assessments.