Hillcrest, Jacksonville, FL Property Crime Rates and Maps
Hillcrest is a neighborhood of 7,390 residents in Jacksonville, about 5 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Hillcrest?
Hillcrest grades C for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades C. Jacksonville as a whole grades B for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 409 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Hillcrest as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hillcrest scores 409.
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 Hillcrest, Jacksonville, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hillcrest in Jacksonville, 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 Hillcrest
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Jacksonville as a whole, 65% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Burglaries and thefts both run high. In Hillcrest, each runs at more than double the US rate: 5.9 burglaries and 30.9 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 13.1 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Hillcrest
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hillcrest has about 52 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 60% more than Jacksonville 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 Hillcrest, about 59% 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.
Property crime in Hillcrest and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Hillcrest, 6 have less property crime. Rolling Hills and Normandy Manor have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hillcrest. 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, Hillcrest has more property crime than 65% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Hillcrest apart: it has 11.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hillcrest: D+ (23 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 79% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% 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.23% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 78% 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 Hillcrest
Property crime costs Hillcrest about $2.7 million a year, or $372 per resident and about $860 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. Hillcrest is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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.
