Richmond is a city of 87,200 in Contra Costa County, about 11 miles north of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Richmond?
Property crime is high in Richmond: a C-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Theft makes up 44% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades F.
C-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 363 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Richmond as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richmond scores 363.
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 Richmond, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richmond, 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 Richmond
Car thefts run high in North and East. In this part of north Richmond, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Richmond.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Richmond
High property crime is widespread across Richmond: 86% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 11% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Richmond run from A to F.
11%86%
A or B 11%C 3%D or F 86%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Point Richmond, southwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Richmond.B+725
2Cortez-Stege, Marina Bay & Coronado, southClose to the rest of Richmond on most crimes.C+481
4Belding Woods, Pullman & Metro Richmore Village, centralCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Richmond.F0
5East Richmond, northeastCar thefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Richmond.F0
6North and East, northThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Richmond.F0
7Park Plaza, eastCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Richmond.F0
8Richmond Annex & Panhandle Annex, southeastCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Richmond.F0
Neighborhood areas of Richmond, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Richmond?
Reported property crime in Richmond has fallen 28% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 38 to 28 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
RichmondUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Richmond. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Richmond
Property, US
2016
-9%
+15%
2017
-1%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-17%
-8%
2021
-27%
-10%
2022
-28%
-6%
2023
-18%
-7%
2024
-28%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Richmond
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richmond has about 37 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% more than the US as a whole and 33% 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 Richmond, about 44% 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.
The Richmond Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of burglary; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Richmond
Richmond has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richmond, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 52% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Richmond and nearby cities
Richmond has more property crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Hercules and Pinole have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Richmond. 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, Richmond has more property crime than 72% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Richmond apart: it has 82% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (47 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. 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.82% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% 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 Richmond: C- (28 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% 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.6.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 74% 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 72% 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 Richmond
Property crime costs Richmond about $29 million a year, or $330 per resident and about $994 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
$1.5 million
$17
Theft
$7.3 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$15 million
$169
Arson
$690,000
$8
Vandalism
$4.6 million
$53
Total
$29 million
$330
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
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.
