Cambridgeport, Cambridge, MA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Cambridgeport is a neighborhood of 13,100 residents in Cambridge, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Cambridgeport?
Property crime is high in Cambridgeport: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live. Theft makes up 71% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades C. Cambridge as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 536 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Cambridgeport as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cambridgeport scores 536.
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 Cambridgeport, Cambridge, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cambridgeport in Cambridge, 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 Cambridgeport
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Cambridge as a whole, 64% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Cambridgeport compares within Cambridge
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Cambridgeport to the next: 38% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 38% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Cambridgeport run from B to F.
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A or B 38%C 24%D or F 38%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cambridgeport has less property crime than 1 of the 13 neighborhoods in Cambridge. It covers much of the Cambridgeport and Riverside areas.
Is property crime going up in Cambridge?
Reported property crime in Cambridge as a whole has risen 58% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 17 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 10%.
Property crime, change since 2019
CambridgeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Cambridge. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Cambridge
Property, US
2016
+23%
+15%
2017
+4%
+12%
2018
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
-8%
2021
+21%
-10%
2022
+33%
-6%
2023
+43%
-7%
2024
+58%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Cambridgeport
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cambridgeport has about 30 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% more than the US as a whole and close to Cambridge 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 Cambridgeport, about 71% 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 Cambridge
The Cambridge Police Department polices Cambridgeport; these figures cover Cambridge as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Cambridge as a whole, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 54% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Cambridgeport and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Cambridgeport, 8 have less property crime. North Brookline and MIT have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cambridgeport. 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, Cambridgeport is safer than 73% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Cambridgeport apart: it has a Walk Grade of A (86 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 98% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
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. 89% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (86 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.98% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.78 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% 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.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% 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 Cambridgeport
Property crime costs Cambridgeport about $2.5 million a year, or $189 per resident and about $471 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
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.
