Central Business District-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Property Crime Rates and Maps
Central Business District-Buffalo is a neighborhood of 3,850 residents in Buffalo, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Central Business District-Buffalo?
Central Business District-Buffalo grades D for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Theft makes up 43% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades D-. Buffalo as a whole grades C for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 206 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Central Business District-Buffalo as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central Business District-Buffalo scores 206.
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.
Property crime map of Central Business District-Buffalo
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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 Central Business District-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central Business District-Buffalo in Buffalo, 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 Central Business District-Buffalo
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Central Business District-Buffalo, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 29.2 car thefts and 77.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Buffalo as a whole, 64% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Central Business District-Buffalo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central Business District-Buffalo has about 181 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Buffalo 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 Central Business District-Buffalo, about 43% 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 Buffalo
The Buffalo Police Department polices Central Business District-Buffalo; these figures cover Buffalo as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Buffalo as a whole, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 65% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
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Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
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 Central Business District-Buffalo and nearby neighborhoods
Central Business District-Buffalo has less property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Larkinville and Babcock have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Central Business District-Buffalo. 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, Central Business District-Buffalo has more property crime than 80% of them.
Jobs, shops and walkability in Central Business District-Buffalo
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Central Business District-Buffalo apart: it has 1036 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 74.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many stores and restaurants with a lot of parking-lot space: places with both tend to report more theft and car theft than places with only one of them, and car theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.1036 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.74.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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. 68% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (80 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 98% 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 Central Business District-Buffalo
Property crime costs Central Business District-Buffalo about $5.4 million a year, or $1,396 per resident and about $2,802 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. Central Business District-Buffalo is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
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.
