Fourth Ward, Charlotte, NC Property Crime Rates and Maps
Fourth Ward is a neighborhood of 5,330 residents in Charlotte, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Fourth Ward?
Property crime is high in Fourth Ward: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Theft makes up 72% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades F. Charlotte as a whole grades C+ 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 Fourth Ward 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-. Fourth Ward 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 Fourth Ward, Charlotte, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fourth Ward in Charlotte, 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 Fourth Ward
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In Fourth Ward, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 92.4 thefts and 12.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Fourth Ward
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fourth Ward has about 129 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 Charlotte 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 Fourth Ward, about 72% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Charlotte
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department polices Fourth Ward; these figures cover Charlotte as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Charlotte as a whole, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 64% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Fourth Ward and nearby neighborhoods
Fourth Ward has the most property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fourth Ward. 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, Fourth Ward has more property crime than 88% of them.
Transit, empty homes and walkability in Fourth Ward
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Fourth Ward apart: it has 135 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 18.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fourth Ward: B (60 of 100).135 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 98% 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.18.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher 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. 95% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (89 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.162 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 Fourth Ward
Property crime costs Fourth Ward about $4.5 million a year, or $850 per resident and about $1,317 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
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department publishes its own crime data
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.
