Milwood is a neighborhood of 11,600 residents in Austin, about 12 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Milwood?
Milwood earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Theft makes up 51% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades B-. Austin as a whole grades B- for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 751 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Milwood as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Milwood scores 751.
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 Milwood, Austin, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Milwood in Austin, 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 Milwood
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Austin as a whole, 44% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
How Milwood compares within Austin
Most of Milwood grades well for property crime: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Milwood run from A to C+.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Milwood has less property crime than 56 of the 61 neighborhoods in Austin. It covers much of the Allandale, Milwood, and North Shoal Creek areas and the North Austin, North Burnet, and Georgian Acres areas.
Is property crime going up in Austin?
Reported property crime in Austin as a whole has fallen 14% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 38 to 32 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Austin. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Austin
Property, US
2016
-5%
+15%
2017
-13%
+12%
2018
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
-8%
2021
-6%
-10%
2022
-5%
-6%
2023
-12%
-7%
2024
-14%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Milwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Milwood has about 17 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 55% less than Austin 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 Milwood, about 51% of the total, followed by burglary 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 Austin
The Austin Police Department polices Milwood; these figures cover Austin as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Austin as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (43%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
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 Milwood and nearby neighborhoods
Milwood has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Fern Bluff has less.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Milwood apart: it has 139 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.139 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% 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- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 90% 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 Milwood: F (6 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.6.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 70% 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 Milwood
Property crime costs Milwood about $1.5 million a year, or $129 per resident and about $270 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.
