The Greensboro metro area, the 79th-largest in the US, is home to 786,400 residents; Greensboro itself is the third-largest city in North Carolina · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Greensboro area?
The Greensboro area earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A-. The city of Greensboro itself grades B- for property crime.
A-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 771 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Greensboro area as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Greensboro area scores 771.
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 Greensboro, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Greensboro area, 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 the Greensboro area
One part of Greensboro stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Cumberland, Tolbert & Textile Drive-Waugh Street, in east Greensboro, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts run high for a metro area with an A for property crime. The Greensboro area has 3.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US metro area graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.8.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Greensboro area
Most of the Greensboro area grades well for property crime: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 12% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Greensboro area run from A+ to F.
76%12%12%
A or B 76%C 12%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Greensboro
1Friendly Lakes, Brandt Trace Farms & Westwood, northwestBurglaries run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Greensboro.A849
2New Irving Park, Lake Jeanette & Battlefield, northBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Greensboro.B+754
3Woodlea Lakes & Clinton Heights, southeastBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Greensboro.B+749
4Starmount Forest, Hewitt & The Thicket, westClose to the rest of Greensboro on most crimes.B635
5Adams Farm, Sedgefield Lakes & Hunter Hills, southwestClose to the rest of Greensboro on most crimes.B-592
6O Henry Oaks, Woodmere Park & Kings Forest, northeastThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Greensboro.C+504
8Rolling Roads, Smith Homes & Greenhaven, southCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Greensboro.C408
9Cumberland, Tolbert & Textile Drive-Waugh Street, eastCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Greensboro.C-322
Neighborhood areas of the city of Greensboro, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Greensboro metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in the Greensboro area?
Reported property crime in the Greensboro area has fallen 22% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 28 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Greensboro areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Greensboro area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Greensboro area
Property, US
2016
+4%
+15%
2017
+4%
+12%
2018
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
-8%
2021
-13%
-10%
2022
-9%
-6%
2023
-13%
-7%
2024
-22%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Greensboro area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Greensboro area has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% more than the US as a whole and close to North Carolina.
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 the Greensboro area, about 52% 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 the Greensboro area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Greensboro area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Greensboro area, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 42% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
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 the Greensboro area and nearby metro areas
The Greensboro area has more property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest metro areas. The Augusta area and the Columbia area have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Greensboro area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Greensboro area has more property crime than 82% of them.
Night lighting, density and empty homes in the Greensboro area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Greensboro area apart: it has 8% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.69% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 87% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of Americans in metro areas
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.7.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 75% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Greensboro area
Property crime costs the Greensboro area about $170 million a year, or $217 per resident and about $546 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$24 million
$31
Theft
$60 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$44 million
$56
Arson
$3.9 million
$5
Vandalism
$38 million
$48
Total
$170 million
$217
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. These figures cover the whole Greensboro metro area. 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
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.
