Northeast Durham, Durham, NC Property Crime Rates and Maps
Northeast Durham is a neighborhood of 10,500 residents in Durham, about 4 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Northeast Durham?
Property crime in Northeast Durham runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades B+. Durham as a whole grades B- for property crime.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 669 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Northeast Durham as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northeast Durham scores 669.
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 Northeast Durham, Durham, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northeast Durham in Durham, 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 Northeast Durham
Burglary is the exception. Northeast Durham grades B for property crime, but burglary grades C+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Durham as a whole, 72% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
How Northeast Durham compares within Durham
Low property crime is the norm across Northeast Durham: 62% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Northeast Durham run from A to D.
62%35%
A or B 62%C 35%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Northeast Durham has less property crime than 4 of the 6 neighborhoods in Durham. It covers much of the Northeast Durham area.
Is property crime going up in Durham?
Reported property crime in Durham as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 38 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
DurhamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Durham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Durham
Property, US
2016
-3%
+15%
2017
+0%
+12%
2018
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-0%
-8%
2021
-11%
-10%
2022
-14%
-6%
2023
-1%
-7%
2024
-1%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Northeast Durham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northeast Durham has about 32 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% more than the US as a whole and 25% less than Durham 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 Northeast Durham, about 52% of the total, followed by burglary 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 Durham
The Durham Police Department polices Northeast Durham; these figures cover Durham as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Durham as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (72%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Northeast Durham and nearby neighborhoods
Northeast Durham has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Northeast Durham. 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, Northeast Durham has more property crime than 58% of them.
Walkability, night lighting and density in Northeast Durham
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Northeast Durham apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 9% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.73% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% 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 Northeast Durham
Property crime costs Northeast Durham about $2.6 million a year, or $249 per resident and about $785 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. Northeast Durham 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
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.
