Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Silver Lake

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 Silver Lake residents.

 

Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

A
Property Crime Grade
A-
Other Crime Grade
C-

$1.40 million

Cost of Crime™ for Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC

In 2025, property crime will cost $259 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Silver Lake 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 A- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Silver Lake against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is lower than the norm. Silver Lake sits in the 81st percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 81% of neighborhoods and behind 19%. The grade covers only Silver Lake's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The property crime rate in Silver Lake is 13.68 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southeast part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 55 in the northeast areas to 1 in 117 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC report the most property crime, about 32 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 4 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC

Property crime in Silver Lake is projected to cost $1,395,523 in 2025, about $123 per resident and $259 per household. That equals 0.3% 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:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 55.5%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 38.5%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 6.0%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Silver Lake Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Silver Lake, Wilmington, NC: $123
East Forest, Charlotte, NC: $379
Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC: $102
North Carolina: $142
USA: $136

Property crime costs $123 per resident each year in Silver Lake, which is $13 less than the national average and $19 less than Wilmington's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Silver Lake:
  • In East Forest, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $379 per person, which is $256 more than in Silver Lake.
  • In Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $102 per person, which is $21 less than in Silver Lake

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Silver Lake, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Silver Lake
Cost per Silver Lake Resident
Vehicle Theft
$676,405
$60
Burglary
$247,155
$22
Theft
$426,374
$38
Arson
$45,589
$4
Total Cost of Property Crime
$1,395,523
$123

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 Silver Lake, Wilmington, 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 southeast part of the neighborhood has more 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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Silver Lake 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 Silver Lake residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
7.259
Vehicle Theft
3.852
Burglary
2.403
Arson
0.1665
Total Property Crime
13.68 (A-)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in Silver Lake is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Silver Lake.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
F
F
F
D
F
F
D-
F
A-
A
A
B-
B-
B
B+
A-
A-
D-
D-
D
F
D-
F
D-
D
D-
D
C-
D-

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Silver Lake is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D+
F
F
D-
D
D
D
D
D
C
A-
A-
C
D-
D-
A-
B
B
D+
D+
D+
C+
B-
B-
D
C+
C+
C-
D
D

Considering only the property crime rate, Silver Lake is safer than the North Carolina state average and safer than the national average.

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