Sunwood Central, Santa Ana, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Sunwood Central is a neighborhood of 5,400 residents in Santa Ana, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Sunwood Central?
Sunwood Central grades C+ for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Theft makes up 53% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades D+. Santa Ana as a whole grades C for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 518 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Sunwood Central as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sunwood Central scores 518.
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 Sunwood Central, Santa Ana, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sunwood Central in Santa Ana, 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 Sunwood Central
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Santa Ana as a whole, 61% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Sunwood Central
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sunwood Central has about 17 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% less than the US as a whole and 27% less than Santa Ana as a whole.
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 Sunwood Central, about 53% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Santa Ana
The Santa Ana Police Department polices Sunwood Central; these figures cover Santa Ana as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 49% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (25%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Sunwood Central and nearby neighborhoods
Sunwood Central has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Valley Adams has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sunwood Central. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Sunwood Central is safer than 65% of them.
Density, transit and walkability in Sunwood Central
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Sunwood Central apart: it has 86% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. 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.86% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Sunwood Central: C- (27 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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+ (46 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.10.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Sunwood Central
Property crime costs Sunwood Central about $700,000 a year, or $130 per resident and about $662 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 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.
