Harrisburg is a town of 24,200 in Cabarrus County, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Harrisburg?
Harrisburg earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Theft makes up 62% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 900 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Harrisburg as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Harrisburg scores 900.
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 Harrisburg, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Harrisburg, 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 Harrisburg
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run low. In Harrisburg, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 car thefts and 1.7 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Harrisburg, 62% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Harrisburg
Nearly every part of Harrisburg where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Harrisburg run from A+ to C+.
99%
A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Harrisburg?
Reported property crime in Harrisburg has fallen 40% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 12 to 7.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
HarrisburgUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Harrisburg. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Harrisburg
Property, US
2016
+18%
+15%
2017
+3%
+12%
2018
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
-8%
2021
-24%
-10%
2022
-25%
-6%
2023
-35%
-7%
2024
-40%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Harrisburg
CrimeGrade™ estimates Harrisburg has about 11 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% less than the US as a whole and 59% less than 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 Harrisburg, about 62% 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 Harrisburg
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office polices Harrisburg, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Harrisburg, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 61% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (62%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
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 Harrisburg and nearby cities
Harrisburg has less property crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Harrisburg. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Harrisburg has more property crime than 51% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Harrisburg apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 72% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 68% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Harrisburg: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 67% of US city residents
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 Harrisburg
Property crime costs Harrisburg about $1.8 million a year, or $75 per resident and about $221 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
$270,000
$11
Theft
$830,000
$34
Vehicle theft
$420,000
$17
Arson
$14,000
$1
Vandalism
$290,000
$12
Total
$1.8 million
$75
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. Harrisburg is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
