Asheville is a city of 125,100 in Buncombe County and the main city of the Asheville metro area, home to 414,700 · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Asheville?
Property crime in Asheville runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 711 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Asheville as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Asheville scores 711.
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 Asheville, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Asheville, 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 Asheville
Car thefts run high in Downtown Asheville, East End-Valley Street & South French Broad. In this part of central Asheville, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Asheville.
Burglaries and arsons both run high. In Asheville, each runs at about double the US rate: 5.0 burglaries and 0.24 arsons a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 0.12 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Asheville
Low property crime is the norm across Asheville: 84% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Asheville run from A+ to D-.
84%13%
A or B 84%C 13%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Pisgah View & Malvern Hills, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Asheville.A-781
2Oakley, Kensington Place & Bunea Vista, southeastCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Asheville.A-778
3Haw Creek, Beverly Hills & Kenilworth, eastThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Asheville.B+701
4Jackson Park, Historic Montford & Grace, northClose to the rest of Asheville on most crimes.B691
5Biltmore Park, southThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Asheville.B664
6Bear Creek & Westwood Place, westThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Asheville.B-575
7Downtown Asheville, East End-Valley Street & South French Broad, centralBurglaries run at about triple the rate in the rest of Asheville.C-333
Neighborhood areas of Asheville, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Asheville?
Reported property crime in Asheville has fallen 39% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 64 to 39 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Property crime, change since 2019
AshevilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Asheville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Asheville
Property, US
2016
-25%
+15%
2017
-28%
+12%
2018
-19%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
-8%
2021
-17%
-10%
2022
-20%
-6%
2023
-30%
-7%
2024
-39%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Asheville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Asheville has about 40 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 66% more than the US as a whole and 51% more than North 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 Asheville, about 58% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 Asheville
Asheville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Asheville, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 36% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
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; they are over one in five for car theft, theft from cars, vandalism.
Property crime in Asheville and nearby cities
Asheville has the most property crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Asheville. 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, Asheville has more property crime than 88% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Asheville apart: it has 23.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 21.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.23.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.76 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.73% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 76% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Asheville
Property crime costs Asheville about $34 million a year, or $271 per resident and about $605 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
$5.6 million
$45
Theft
$15 million
$117
Vehicle theft
$5.2 million
$41
Arson
$730,000
$6
Vandalism
$7.8 million
$63
Total
$34 million
$271
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.
