Chestnut Park, Trenton, NJ Property Crime Rates and Maps
Chestnut Park is a neighborhood of 3,970 residents in Trenton, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Chestnut Park?
Property crime is high in Chestnut Park: a D+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live. Theft makes up 47% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades D-. Trenton as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 272 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
13% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Chestnut Park as a whole, and 87% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Chestnut Park scores 272.
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 Chestnut Park, Trenton, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Chestnut Park in Trenton, 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 Chestnut Park
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Chestnut Park to work or shop: it has only 4.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
Property crime rates and types in Chestnut Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Chestnut Park has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% more than the US as a whole and close to Trenton 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 Chestnut Park, about 47% 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.
Property crime in Chestnut Park and nearby neighborhoods
Chestnut Park has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Chestnut Park. 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, Chestnut Park has more property crime than 58% of them.
Empty homes, walkability and shops in Chestnut Park
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Chestnut Park apart: it has 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of A- (79 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% 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. 88% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (79 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% 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.4.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.92% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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 Chestnut Park
Property crime costs Chestnut Park about $850,000 a year, or $215 per resident and about $666 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
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.
