A vermin violation in NYC: the citywide numbers.
vermin and pest violations HPD has written across the city
See what is open on one building.
What happens to a vermin violation in NYC shows in the totals: 215,254 citywide, 93.8% of them Class C, 201,919 violations, and 40,828 of those more than a year old with nothing filed. The share ever certified corrected is 51.4%.
What this means
A rodent or roach condition is a hazardous violation. The owner has to get rid of the pests, and repeat cases call for integrated pest management. Left open, these violations pile up from one inspection to the next.
If you own or manage the building. A vermin and pest violation stays open until HPD accepts a certification or closes it, and it comes up at sale, refinance and permit. 14,690 vermin and pest violations citywide are already marked Not Complied With.
If you clear violations for a living. 40,828 Class C vermin and pest violations are more than a year old with no certification on file, 20.2% of the class. That is the standing work, citywide.
If you rent here. Each of these was confirmed by an HPD inspector. A certification is the owner’s word that the repair was made; it does not show whether the condition is gone.
Vermin and pests by borough
Where vermin and pest violations sit and where they get certified are two different maps. The Bronx has the most, 91,391; the Bronx has the best Class C certification rate, 55.6%, against 43.5% in Queens.
| Borough | Violations | Class C | Class C certified | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | 91,391 | 88,639 | 55.6% | 26 |
| Brooklyn | 63,214 | 58,703 | 49.7% | 26 |
| Manhattan | 34,943 | 34,867 | 47.5% | 27 |
| Queens | 20,971 | 16,648 | 43.5% | 25 |
| Staten Island | 4,735 | 3,062 | 50.2% | 30 |
Each borough links to its own page for this category, with its month-by-month counts, its streets and every status. Median days is that borough’s median from inspection to a filed Class C certification.
Where vermin and pest violations stop
The status tells you what happened. Violation Dismissed leads the category citywide, and 6.8% of vermin and pest violations read Not Complied With: a missed certify-by date, with no accepted certification on file.
| Current status | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violation Dismissed | 70,237 | 32.6% |
| Violation Closed | 46,954 | 21.8% |
| Notice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant | 42,516 | 19.8% |
| Not Complied With | 14,690 | 6.8% |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 11,932 | 5.5% |
| NOV Sent Out | 10,191 | 4.7% |
| Defect Letter Issued | 8,372 | 3.9% |
| Violation Will Be Reinspected | 2,187 | 1.0% |
The eight most common statuses on vermin and pest violations citywide, out of 215,254. Each name links to its own page in the status glossary.
How vermin and pest violations compare with the other five categories
This site tracks six categories of HPD housing violation. On the share of Class C violations ever certified corrected, vermin and pest violations sit at 51.4%, and the citywide median time to a filed certification is 27 days. Heat and hot water, Lead paint, Mold, Water leaks, Electrical each have the same tables for their own violations, and the certificate of correction guide compares certification across all six.
Common questions about NYC vermin and pest violations
How many vermin and pest violations does NYC have?
HPD has written 215,254 vermin and pest violations under the housing maintenance code through September 27, 2026, and 201,919 of them are Class C, the immediately hazardous class. That is a count of the city's own published violations in our copy of the data, not an estimate.
Is a vermin and pest violation serious?
It depends on the class HPD's inspector assigned. 93.8% of vermin and pest violations are Class C, which carries a 24-hour correction window; the rest are Class A or B, at 90 and 30 days. What each class means has its own page.
How long does a vermin and pest violation take to clear?
For Class C, the citywide median from inspection to a filed certification is 27 days. 51.4% of Class C vermin and pest violations have ever been certified corrected, and 40,828 have stood open more than a year with nothing filed.
Does this page report a vermin and pest condition or clear a violation?
No. It counts violations. A condition inside an apartment is reported to 311, and a correction is certified with HPD directly. This site files nothing and represents no one, and nothing here is advice.
What these numbers do not tell you
They do not say whether a condition is gone. A violation with no certification may have been fixed the same week with nothing filed, or never touched, and HPD’s data cannot tell the two apart. They carry no penalty amounts. They say nothing about what an owner intends or what happens next. This page names no building and no owner; to look up one building, use the form above.
Cite this page
ViolationScout, Vermin and pest violations in New York City, counts by class, borough and status over HPD's Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, filtered to vermin and pest. Figures through September 27, 2026, read on September 29, 2026. https://violationscout.com/nyc/vermin
Counts of violations whose description matches vermin and pest; certified means the violation carries a certified date; median days is the median of certified date minus inspection date over the Class C violations that carry both. Source: NYC Open Data. How every figure here is counted: /methodology.
Every figure here is a citywide count; no building or owner is named on this page. By borough, status codes decoded, the guides, citywide.