Arcadia Lakes is a town of 1,020 in Richland County, about 5 miles northeast of downtown Columbia · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Arcadia Lakes?
Property crime is high in Arcadia Lakes: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades B.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 640 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Arcadia Lakes as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Arcadia Lakes scores 640.
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 Arcadia Lakes, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Arcadia Lakes, 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 Arcadia Lakes
Theft at more than triple the US rate. Arcadia Lakes has 47.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Arcadia Lakes, 60% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Arcadia Lakes
CrimeGrade™ estimates Arcadia Lakes has about 74 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for South Carolina.
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 Arcadia Lakes, about 64% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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.
Where and when property crime happens in Arcadia Lakes
The Richland County Sheriff's Office polices Arcadia Lakes, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Arcadia Lakes, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (67%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Arcadia Lakes and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Arcadia Lakes, 5 have less property crime. Blythewood and Killian have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Arcadia Lakes. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Arcadia Lakes has more property crime than 99% of them.
Property crime costs Arcadia Lakes about $550,000 a year, or $535 per resident and about $946 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$67,000
$65
Theft
$250,000
$243
Vehicle theft
$160,000
$160
Arson
$4,800
$5
Vandalism
$63,000
$61
Total
$550,000
$535
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.
