Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Berkeley is a neighborhood of 4,790 residents in Berkeley, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Berkeley?
Property crime is high in Downtown Berkeley: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Theft makes up 69% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades D-, and vehicle theft grades F. Berkeley as a whole grades F for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Berkeley as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Berkeley scores 0.
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 Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Berkeley in Berkeley, 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 Downtown Berkeley
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In Downtown Berkeley, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 84.8 thefts and 13.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Berkeley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Berkeley has about 124 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Berkeley 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 Downtown Berkeley, about 69% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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 Downtown Berkeley and nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Berkeley has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Berkeley. 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, Downtown Berkeley has more property crime than 87% of them.
Shops, walkability and empty homes in Downtown Berkeley
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Downtown Berkeley apart: it has 47.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of A+ (93 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.47.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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. 100% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (93 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.155 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% 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 Downtown Berkeley
Property crime costs Downtown Berkeley about $4.1 million a year, or $861 per resident and about $1,876 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.
