Northwood, Irvine, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Northwood is a neighborhood of 23,200 residents in Irvine, about 4 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Northwood?
Property crime in Northwood sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 69% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. Irvine as a whole grades A for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 813 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Northwood as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northwood scores 813.
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 Northwood, Irvine, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northwood in Irvine, 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 Northwood
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Irvine as a whole, 55% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Acts of vandalism are uncommon. Northwood has acts of vandalism at a small fraction of the US rate: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
How Northwood compares within Irvine
Every part of Northwood where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Northwood run from A- to B.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Northwood has less property crime than 8 of the 24 neighborhoods in Irvine. It covers much of the Lower Peters Canyon and Northwood areas.
Is property crime going up in Irvine?
Reported property crime in Irvine as a whole peaked in 2022 and has fallen 14% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
IrvineUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Irvine. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Irvine
Property, US
2016
+6%
+15%
2017
-1%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
-8%
2021
+10%
-10%
2022
+17%
-6%
2023
+13%
-7%
2024
+1%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Northwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northwood has about 10 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 37% less than Irvine 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 Northwood, about 69% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Irvine
The Irvine Police Department polices Northwood; these figures cover Irvine as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Irvine as a whole, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (38%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (33%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, robbery, aggravated assault.
Property crime in Northwood and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Northwood, 8 have less property crime. Orchard Hills and Portola Springs have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Northwood. 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, Northwood is safer than 99% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Northwood apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower 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 Northwood: D+ (21 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 86% 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. 79% 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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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 83% 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 Northwood
Property crime costs Northwood about $1.5 million a year, or $65 per resident and about $190 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.
