Columbus Park, Worcester, MA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Columbus Park is a neighborhood of 14,200 residents in Worcester, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Columbus Park?
Property crime is high in Columbus Park: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades C+. Worcester as a whole grades B for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 497 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Columbus Park as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Columbus Park scores 497.
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 Columbus Park, Worcester, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Columbus Park in Worcester, 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 Columbus Park
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Worcester as a whole, 44% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
How Columbus Park compares within Worcester
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Columbus Park to the next: 34% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 35% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Columbus Park run from B to F.
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A or B 34%C 31%D or F 35%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Columbus Park has less property crime than 7 of the 26 neighborhoods in Worcester. It covers much of the Columbus Park, University Park, and Hadwen Park areas and the Main Middle, Tatnuck, and Newton Square areas.
Property crime rates and types in Columbus Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Columbus Park has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Worcester 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 Columbus Park, about 50% 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 Worcester
The Worcester Police Department polices Columbus Park; these figures cover Worcester as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Worcester as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
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 Columbus Park and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Columbus Park, 6 have less property crime. Salisbury Street and Tatnuck have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Columbus 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, Columbus Park is safer than 70% of them.
Parking lots, walkability and jobs in Columbus Park
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Columbus Park apart: it has 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 73% 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. 53% of residents here live in walkable areas.B- (55 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 68% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.21 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 67% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.6.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 66% 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 Columbus Park
Property crime costs Columbus Park about $2.4 million a year, or $172 per resident and about $438 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.
