Bear Creek, Stockton, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Bear Creek is a neighborhood of 25,900 residents in Stockton, about 6 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Bear Creek?
Bear Creek grades C for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Theft makes up 41% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades D+. Stockton as a whole grades C+ for property crime.
C
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 430 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Bear Creek as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bear Creek scores 430.
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 Bear Creek, Stockton, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bear Creek in Stockton, 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 Bear Creek
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Stockton as a whole, 50% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
How Bear Creek compares within Stockton
Property crime varies widely across Bear Creek: 31% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 51% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Bear Creek run from B+ to F.
31%18%51%
A or B 31%C 18%D or F 51%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Bear Creek has less property crime than 10 of the 15 neighborhoods in Stockton. It covers much of the Bear Creek, Sherwood Manor, and Spanos Park areas.
Is property crime going up in Stockton?
Reported property crime in Stockton as a whole has fallen 34% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 40 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 15%.
Property crime, change since 2019
StocktonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Stockton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Stockton
Property, US
2016
-4%
+15%
2017
-8%
+12%
2018
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-26%
-8%
2021
-35%
-10%
2022
-30%
-6%
2023
-23%
-7%
2024
-34%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Bear Creek
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bear Creek has about 23 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 34% less than Stockton 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 Bear Creek, about 41% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Stockton
The Stockton Police Department polices Bear Creek; these figures cover Stockton as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 42% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (50%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
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 Bear Creek and nearby neighborhoods
Bear Creek has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bear Creek. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Bear Creek has more property crime than 73% of them.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Bear Creek
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Bear Creek apart: it has 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bear Creek: D (16 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Bear Creek
Property crime costs Bear Creek about $4.8 million a year, or $185 per resident and about $648 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. Bear Creek is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
