Pineville is a town of 16,500 in Mecklenburg County, about 11 miles south of downtown Charlotte · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Pineville?
Pineville grades B- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Theft makes up 66% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C-, and vehicle theft grades B+.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 602 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Pineville as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pineville scores 602.
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 Pineville, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pineville, 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 Pineville
One weak spot: burglary. It grades C- in Pineville, worse than in the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live, against B- for property crime as a whole.
Thefts from cars happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Pineville, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen at stores and businesses, against 10% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Pineville
Areas graded C for property crime are home to 67% of residents in Pineville; 33% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Pineville run from A to C.
33%67%
A or B 33%C 67%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Pineville?
Reported property crime in Pineville has fallen 32% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 118 to 80 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
PinevilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Pineville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Pineville
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+13%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-29%
-8%
2021
-19%
-10%
2022
-30%
-6%
2023
-32%
-7%
2024
-32%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Pineville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pineville has about 74 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for North Carolina.
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 Pineville, about 66% 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 Pineville
Pineville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pineville, 31% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Stores and businesses (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (51%)
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 Pineville and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Pineville, 8 have less property crime. Weddington and Marvin have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pineville. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Pineville has more property crime than 89% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Pineville apart: it has 38.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 111 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.38.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.111 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% 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. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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 92% 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 Pineville: D- (10 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
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 Pineville
Property crime costs Pineville about $8.2 million a year, or $500 per resident and about $1,203 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
$1.2 million
$75
Theft
$4.1 million
$250
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$96
Arson
$57,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$75
Total
$8.2 million
$500
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.
