Carrboro is a town of 22,400 in Orange County, next to Chapel Hill · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Carrboro?
Carrboro earns a B for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Theft makes up 51% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades B+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 673 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Carrboro as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Carrboro scores 673.
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 Carrboro, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Carrboro, 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 Carrboro
One part of Carrboro stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Rock Creek, in southeast Carrboro, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Carrboro, 74% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Carrboro
Most of Carrboro grades well for property crime: 71% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Carrboro run from A+ to D.
71%23%
A or B 71%C 23%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lake Hogan Farms, northwestThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Carrboro.A854
2Autumn Woods, southwestActs of vandalism run at about half the rate in the rest of Carrboro.A847
3Abbey Court, southClose to the rest of Carrboro on most crimes.B+698
4Rock Creek, southeastBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Carrboro.C+504
Neighborhood areas of Carrboro, 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.
Property crime rates and types in Carrboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Carrboro has about 26 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Carrboro, about 51% 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 Carrboro
Carrboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Carrboro, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 75% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (75%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (74%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (42%)
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 Carrboro and nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Carrboro, 5 have less property crime. Saxapahaw and Efland have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Carrboro. 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, Carrboro has more property crime than 83% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Carrboro apart: it has 13 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Carrboro: D+ (21 of 100).13 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 88% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% 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. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% 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.71% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 77% 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.25% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 63% 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 Carrboro
Property crime costs Carrboro about $4.2 million a year, or $188 per resident and about $427 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
$550,000
$25
Theft
$1.5 million
$69
Vehicle theft
$840,000
$38
Arson
$37,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$55
Total
$4.2 million
$188
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.
