Downtown Durham, Durham, NC Property Crime Rates and Maps

D-

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	D-

Which crimes are included?

$1.99 million

Cost of Crime™ for Downtown Durham, Durham, NC

In 2025, property crime will cost $448 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Downtown Durham 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 Downtown Durham against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is higher than the norm. Downtown Durham sits in the 15th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 15% of neighborhoods and behind 85%. The grade covers only Downtown Durham's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The property crime rate in Downtown Durham is 38.66 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southeast part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 19 in the north areas to 1 in 46 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Downtown Durham, Durham, NC report the most property crime, about 50 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 13 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Downtown Durham, Durham, NC

Property crime in Downtown Durham is projected to cost $1,991,281 in 2025, about $255 per resident and $448 per household. That equals 0.4% 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:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 69.6%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 24.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Downtown Durham Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Downtown Durham, Durham, NC:	$255
East Forest, Charlotte, NC:	$379
Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC:	$102
North Carolina:	$142
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $255 per resident each year in Downtown Durham, which is $119 more than the national average and $113 more than Durham's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Downtown Durham:

In East Forest, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $379 per person, which is $124 more than in Downtown Durham.
In Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $102 per person, which is $153 less than in Downtown Durham

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Downtown Durham, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Downtown Durham	Cost per Downtown Durham Resident
Vehicle Theft	$390,693	$50
Burglary	$334,260	$43
Theft	$1.24 million	$158
Arson	$30,079	$4
Total Cost of Property Crime	$1,991,281	$255

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 Downtown Durham, Durham, NC. 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 northwest 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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Downtown Durham 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 Downtown Durham residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	30.55
Vehicle Theft	3.229
Burglary	4.717
Arson	0.1594
Total Property Crime	38.66 (D-)

Individual Downtown Durham Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
East Durham, Durham, NC	F	D-	D-
Trinity Park, Durham, NC	C+	C+	B-
Old West Durham, Durham, NC	D+	C-	C-
Northeast Durham, Durham, NC	D-	D+	F
North Garrett Road, Durham, NC	D+	A-	D
University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC	B-	B	B-
Downtown Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC	D-	B	D-
Northwest Raleigh, Raleigh, NC	C+	A-	C+
North, Raleigh, NC	B-	A-	B-
Glenwood, Raleigh, NC	B	A	B

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Downtown Durham 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
Amphi, Tucson, AZ	D	D-	D-
Annex, East Haven, CT	B-	B	B
West Memorial, Katy, TX	C-	C	C
Pueblo, Wichita, KS	D	D-	D-
Latah Valley, Spokane, WA	B-	B+	B+
Plaza-Eastway, Charlotte, NC	D-	D-	D-
Northwest, Garden City, ID	A+	A	A
North Waltham, Waltham, MA	A+	A+	A+
North East, Pasadena, CA	C-	C+	C+
Milton Upper Mills, Milton, MA	A	B-	B-

Considering only the property crime rate, Downtown Durham is less safe than the North Carolina state average and less safe than the national average.

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