Hayward Highland, Hayward, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Hayward Highland is a neighborhood of 8,710 residents in Hayward, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Hayward Highland?
Hayward Highland grades B for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Theft makes up 36% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades C+. Hayward as a whole grades D- for property crime.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 636 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Hayward Highland as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hayward Highland scores 636.
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 Hayward Highland, Hayward, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hayward Highland in Hayward, 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 Hayward Highland
Theft is a strength. Hayward Highland grades B for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live.
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hayward as a whole, 55% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Hayward Highland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hayward Highland has about 22 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and 49% less than Hayward 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 Hayward Highland, about 36% 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 Hayward
The Hayward Police Department polices Hayward Highland; these figures cover Hayward as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Hayward as a whole, 18% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Other places (25%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Hayward Highland and nearby neighborhoods
Hayward Highland has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hayward Highland. 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, Hayward Highland is safer than 58% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and shops in Hayward Highland
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Hayward Highland apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% 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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.18% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% 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 Hayward Highland
Property crime costs Hayward Highland about $1.7 million a year, or $194 per resident and about $565 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
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.
