Newark is a city of 46,900 in Alameda County, about 25 miles southeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Newark?
Property crime is high in Newark: a C-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Theft makes up 57% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades F.
C-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 340 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Newark 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-. Newark scores 340.
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 Newark, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Newark, 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 Newark
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. Newark has 8.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Newark, 64% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Newark
In Newark, 16% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 18% in areas graded C and 66% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Newark run from B- to F.
16%18%66%
A or B 16%C 18%D or F 66%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Newark?
Reported property crime in Newark has risen 42% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 28 to 40 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
NewarkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Newark. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Newark
Property, US
2016
-9%
+15%
2017
+13%
+12%
2018
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
-8%
2021
+76%
-10%
2022
+55%
-6%
2023
+29%
-7%
2024
+42%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Newark
CrimeGrade™ estimates Newark has about 46 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 93% more than the US as a whole and 65% more than California.
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 Newark, about 57% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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 Newark
Newark has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 49% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (64%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (25%)
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 Newark and nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Newark, 8 have less property crime. Sunol and Menlo Park have the least.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Newark apart: it has 54% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 8 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more car theft, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.54% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 85% 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 Newark: D+ (20 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% of US city residents
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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 79% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 74% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Newark on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Newark
Property crime costs Newark about $17 million a year, or $362 per resident and about $1,137 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
$1.9 million
$41
Theft
$6.3 million
$133
Vehicle theft
$6.4 million
$137
Arson
$330,000
$7
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$43
Total
$17 million
$362
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.
