Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Colonial Avenue Area

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Colonial Avenue Area residents.

 

Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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Property Crime Grade
D-
Other Crime Grade
F

$793,332

Cost of Crime™ for Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA

In 2025, property crime will cost $451 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Colonial Avenue Area with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The D- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Colonial Avenue Area against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Colonial Avenue Area sits in the 12th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 12% of neighborhoods and behind 88%. The grade covers only Colonial Avenue Area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The property crime rate in Colonial Avenue Area is 41.65 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the north part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 22 in the south areas to 1 in 36 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA report the most property crime, about 72 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA

Property crime in Colonial Avenue Area is projected to cost $793,332 in 2025, about $262 per resident and $451 per household. That equals 0.6% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 70.9%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 23.8%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.3%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Colonial Avenue Area Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA: $262
Mercury Central, Hampton, VA: $290
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake,: $39
Virginia: $108
USA: $136

Property crime costs $262 per resident each year in Colonial Avenue Area, which is $126 more than the national average and $154 more than Roanoke's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Colonial Avenue Area:
  • In Mercury Central, Hampton, VA, crime costs $290 per person, which is $28 more than in Colonial Avenue Area.
  • In Great Bridge East, Chesapeake,, crime costs $39 per person, which is $223 less than in Colonial Avenue Area

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Colonial Avenue Area, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Colonial Avenue Area
Cost per Colonial Avenue Area Resident
Vehicle Theft
$156,823
$52
Burglary
$67,540
$22
Theft
$559,368
$185
Arson
$9,601
$3
Total Cost of Property Crime
$793,332
$262

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Colonial Avenue Area, Roanoke, VA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southwest part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Colonial Avenue Area Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Colonial Avenue Area residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
35.70
Vehicle Theft
3.348
Burglary
2.462
Arson
0.1314
Total Property Crime
41.65 (D-)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in Colonial Avenue Area is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Colonial Avenue Area.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D+
A
B
D-
B+
D+
D-
D
D+
D-
C-
C-
F
D+
D-
D-
D
D-
D-
C+
D-
D+
C-
D+
B
B-
A-
A-
A
A

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Colonial Avenue Area is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
F
F
D-
C-
C-
C+
B
B
B
C
C
B-
C-
C-
A
A-
A-
F
F
F
D-
C-
C-
F
D-
D-
C
C+
C+

Considering only the property crime rate, Colonial Avenue Area is less safe than the Virginia state average and less safe than the national average.

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