CrimeMetric

Crime in Brookhaven, New York

Major crime in Brookhaven is 60% below the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 55% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
40
60% below the U.S. rate
62% below the New York rate
down 9.8% in a year
Persons crimes
19
81% below the U.S. rate
83% below the New York rate
down 12.1% in a year
Property crimes
45
55% below the U.S. rate
58% below the New York rate
down 9.6% in a year
Social disorder
36
64% below the U.S. rate
66% below the New York rate
down 5.8% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Every crime type in Brookhaven is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Brookhaven for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Brookhaven

Brookhaven is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 27; the middle half of residents live where it is between 26 and 79.

Map of Brookhaven, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5073.5%
  • 50–10026.5%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm36
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am47
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm40
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am39
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.8% in a year; across New York it fell 8.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.8%NY -8.7%-13.5%NY -14.4%
Persons crimes-12.1%NY -7.0%-3.7%NY -7.2%
Property crimes-9.6%NY -9.0%-14.4%NY -16.1%
Social disorder-5.8%NY -5.2%-5.5%NY -6.7%

Change in expected crimes, with New York as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Brookhaven against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,244 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Brookhaven; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Texanna, OK2,645107
Ashley, PA2,64352
Brookhaven, NY2,63840
Sabina, OH2,63040

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Brookhaven has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, North Bellport (2 mi), is 28% above Brookhaven's rate.

Moriches5 mi58
Medford5 mi49
Yaphank4 mi44
Shirley2 mi42
Brookhaven40
Mastic4 mi29

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Brookhaven

What are the most common crimes in Brookhaven?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 8 a year), shoplifting (about 4 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 41% below the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Brookhaven's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Brookhaven has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 2,638. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Brookhaven, New York." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ny/brookhaven

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100