Historic West-Side, Springfield, IL Property Crime Rates and Maps
Historic West-Side is a neighborhood of 3,800 residents in Springfield · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Historic West-Side?
Historic West-Side grades C- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Theft makes up 25% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades F, and vehicle theft grades C+. Springfield as a whole grades C for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 345 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Historic West-Side as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Historic West-Side scores 345.
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 Historic West-Side, Springfield, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Historic West-Side in Springfield, 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 Historic West-Side
Burglary stands out among neighborhoods graded C for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded C for property crime, the figure is 3.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Historic West-Side has 12.2.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Springfield as a whole, 48% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Historic West-Side
CrimeGrade™ estimates Historic West-Side has about 45 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 88% more than the US as a whole and 40% less than Springfield 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.
Vandalism is the most common property crime in Historic West-Side, about 39% of the total, followed by burglary and 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 Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices Historic West-Side; these figures cover Springfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Springfield as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Historic West-Side and nearby neighborhoods
Historic West-Side has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Sunnyland and Springfield Lake Shore Improvement have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Historic West-Side. 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, Historic West-Side has more property crime than 87% of them.
Density, shops and walkability in Historic West-Side
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Historic West-Side apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 1.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 97% 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.1.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% 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.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Historic West-Side: C (35 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 Historic West-Side
Property crime costs Historic West-Side about $1.3 million a year, or $352 per resident and about $855 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
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.
