Berryessa, San Jose, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Berryessa is a neighborhood of 34,200 residents in San Jose, about 5 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Berryessa?
Property crime is high in Berryessa: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades C-. San Jose as a whole grades C- for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 525 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Berryessa as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Berryessa scores 525.
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 Berryessa, San Jose, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Berryessa in San Jose, 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 Berryessa
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In San Jose as a whole, 55% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
How Berryessa compares within San Jose
Areas graded C for property crime are home to 82% of residents in Berryessa; 18% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Berryessa run from B to C-.
18%82%
A or B 18%C 82%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Berryessa has less property crime than 15 of the 20 neighborhoods in San Jose. It covers much of the North Valley, Downtown San Jose, and Berryessa areas.
Is property crime going up in San Jose?
Reported property crime in San Jose as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 25 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
San JoseUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve San Jose. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, San Jose
Property, US
2016
-2%
+15%
2017
-0%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
+9%
-10%
2022
+6%
-6%
2023
-0%
-7%
2024
+1%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Berryessa
CrimeGrade™ estimates Berryessa has about 17 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% less than the US as a whole and 44% less than San Jose 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 Berryessa, about 50% of the total, followed by burglary 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 San Jose
The San Jose Police Department polices Berryessa; these figures cover San Jose as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In San Jose as a whole, 40% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (44%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (33%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (31%)
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 Berryessa and nearby neighborhoods
Berryessa has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only North San Jose has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Berryessa. 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, Berryessa is safer than 76% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Berryessa apart: it has 3.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 11 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% 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 Berryessa
Property crime costs Berryessa about $4.6 million a year, or $135 per resident and about $466 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. Berryessa 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.
