Nestled in the heart of New York City, New York University spans more than 171 buildings across its Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses.
Crime happens here every day.
Yet the university’s crime logs and reports offer little sense of how these incidents fit together. The data exists, but the story doesn’t.
So we organized the numbers ourselves — and a few patterns began to emerge.
Here’s what we found.
So, when did these crimes happen?
Well, we analyzed and compiled monthly crime data on the NYU campus, grouped by time of day.
Here is what we found:
But time is only part of the story. Where did these crimes actually happen?
Some locations appear again and again — and the pattern is hard to ignore.
So we know where crime happens most often. But what exactly is happening in these places?
The breakdown of crime types offers a clearer view..
So what does the bigger picture show? Has NYU crime been rising, falling, or simply shifting over the past year?
Only by tracing the data across months can we see whether NYU’s safety landscape is truly changing.
Together, these patterns sketch a campus that is less defined by a single spike or hotspot, and more by a slow, shifting rhythm—one that reflects the everyday movement of a university woven into the fabric of New York City.
The numbers change from month to month, but the story they tell is consistent: safety is not static, and neither is the place it tries to protect.
Thank you for reading—and remember to be safe.