Property Crime per Capita in South End
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 South End residents.
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B-
D+ |
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Property Crime Grade |
B+ |
Other Crime Grade |
C |
$3.06 million
Cost of Crime™ for South End, Boston, MA
In 2025, property crime will cost $188 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of South End 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 South End against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is lower than the norm. South End sits in the 76th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 76% of neighborhoods and behind 24%. The grade covers only South End's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.
The property crime rate in South End is 15.12 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the west part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 51 in the southeast areas to 1 in 80 in the west.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of South End, Boston, MA report the most property crime, about 98 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 33 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in South End, Boston, MA
Property crime in South End is projected to cost $3,055,742 in 2025, about $98 per resident and $188 per household. That equals 0.1% 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): 70.6%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 23.5%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.9%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in South End Compared to Other Neighborhoods?
| South End, Boston, MA: | $98 |
|---|---|
| Back Bay, Boston, MA: | $171 |
| Whittenton, Taunton, MA: | $54 |
| Massachusetts: | $71 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $98 per resident each year in South End, which is $38 less than the national average and $27 more than Boston's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to South End:
- In Back Bay, Boston, MA, crime costs $171 per person, which is $73 more than in South End.
- In Whittenton, Taunton, MA, crime costs $54 per person, which is $44 less than in South End
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for South End, with the projected cost per resident.Crime |
Cost to South End |
Cost per South End Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$518,197 |
$17 |
Burglary |
$577,659 |
$19 |
Theft |
$1.92 million |
$62 |
Arson |
$38,948 |
$1 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$3,055,742 |
$98 |
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 South End, Boston, MA. 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 northeast 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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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 South End residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
11.94 |
Vehicle Theft |
1.077 |
Burglary |
2.050 |
Arson |
0.0519 |
Total Property Crime |
15.12 (B+) |
Individual South End Crime Maps & Stats
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods
Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in South End is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to South End.
Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D+ | D | C- | |
C | D- | C+ | |
D+ | D- | C- | |
B | C | A- | |
D | F | D | |
C+ | D+ | B | |
C+ | D | B+ | |
B- | D+ | B+ | |
B | C+ | A- | |
C+ | D | B |
Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations
South End 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
C+ | B- | B- | |
C+ | B+ | B+ | |
C | D | D | |
C+ | B- | B- | |
D+ | C | C | |
C | C | C | |
A- | B+ | B+ | |
B+ | A- | A- | |
D- | D | D | |
C- | B- | B- |
Considering only the property crime rate, South End is less safe than the Massachusetts state average and safer than the national average.
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