Property Crime per Capita in Pala Alto
Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Pala Alto residents.
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Cost of Crime™ for Pala Alto, NC
$76,857
In 2025, property crime will cost $224 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Pala Alto with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.
The B grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Pala Alto against the average US city, where the rate is slightly lower than the norm. Pala Alto sits in the 66th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 66% of cities and behind 34%. The grade covers only Pala Alto’s official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.
The property crime rate in Pala Alto is 9.603 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the west part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 87 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 298 in the west.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Pala Alto, NC report the most property crime, about 5 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in Pala Alto, NC
Property crime in Pala Alto is projected to cost $76,857 in 2025, about $79 per resident and $224 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond.
Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
- Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 60.0%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 33.5%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 6.5%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Pala Alto Compared to Other Cities?
| Pala Alto, NC: | $79 |
|---|---|
| Enfield, NC: | $349 |
| Whispering Pines, NC: | $29 |
| North Carolina: | $142 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $79 per resident each year in Pala Alto, which is $56 less than the national average and $62 less than North Carolina’s state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Pala Alto:
- In Enfield, NC, crime costs $349 per person, which is $270 more than in Pala Alto.
- In Whispering Pines, NC, crime costs $29 per person, which is $51 less than in Pala Alto
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Pala Alto, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime |
Cost to Pala Alto |
Cost per Pala Alto Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$27,980 |
$29 |
Burglary |
$19,810 |
$20 |
Theft |
$26,976 |
$28 |
Arson |
$2,092 |
$2 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$76,857 |
$79 |
How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated
Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Pala Alto, NC.
All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.
Interpreting the Property Crime Maps
Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the city has few retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.
Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
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Pala Alto Property Crime Breakdown
The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Pala Alto residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
5.387 |
Vehicle Theft |
1.869 |
Burglary |
2.259 |
Arson |
0.0896 |
Total Property Crime |
9.603 (B) |
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities
Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Pala Alto is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Pala Alto.
Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
B | C | A | |
B- | D | B | |
D | D | D | |
C+ | C+ | C | |
C | B | B | |
D | D+ | D | |
B | A | A | |
D | C- | D+ | |
F | F | F | |
C | A- | B+ |
Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations
Pala Alto is lower versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A+ | A | A | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | |
C+ | D+ | D+ | |
D- | D | D | |
A+ | A- | A- | |
B- | D+ | D+ | |
F | F | F | |
A- | C- | C- | |
A- | A | A | |
A- | B | B |
Considering only the property crime rate, Pala Alto is safer than the North Carolina state average and safer than the national average.
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