ZIP 27603, Raleigh, NC Property Crime Rates and Maps
ZIP 27603 covers Southwest Raleigh in Raleigh, about 6 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in ZIP 27603?
Property crime in ZIP 27603 runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Theft makes up 61% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades B+. Raleigh as a whole grades B for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 695 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than ZIP 27603 as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 27603 scores 695.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in ZIP 27603, Raleigh, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 27603 in Raleigh, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in ZIP 27603
Theft at about double the US rate. ZIP 27603 has 24.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How ZIP 27603 compares within Raleigh
Low property crime is the norm across ZIP 27603: 61% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 12% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across ZIP 27603 run from A+ to F.
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A or B 61%C 27%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 27603 has less property crime than 6 of the 15 ZIP codes in Raleigh.
Is property crime going up in Raleigh?
Reported property crime in Raleigh as a whole has risen 44% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 28 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Raleigh. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Raleigh
Property, US
2016
+18%
+15%
2017
+17%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
-8%
2021
+15%
-10%
2022
+23%
-6%
2023
+34%
-7%
2024
+44%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in ZIP 27603
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 27603 has about 40 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 68% more than the US as a whole and 22% more than Raleigh as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in ZIP 27603, about 61% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in ZIP 27603 and nearby ZIP codes
Of the 10 ZIP codes closest to ZIP 27603, 6 have less property crime. ZIP 27539 and ZIP 27518 have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from ZIP 27603. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with ZIP codes of similar size and density, ZIP 27603 has more property crime than 64% of them.
Property crime costs ZIP 27603 about $16 million a year, or $280 per resident and about $708 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
