The Canal on Preston, Plano, TX Property Crime Rates and Maps
The Canal on Preston is a neighborhood of 3,920 residents in Plano, about 8 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in The Canal on Preston?
The Canal on Preston earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. Plano as a whole grades A- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 877 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than The Canal on Preston as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Canal on Preston scores 877.
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 The Canal on Preston, Plano, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in The Canal on Preston in Plano, 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 The Canal on Preston
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Plano as a whole, 69% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in The Canal on Preston
CrimeGrade™ estimates The Canal on Preston has about 9.1 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 62% less than the US as a whole and 52% less than Plano 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 The Canal on Preston, about 48% 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 Plano
The Plano Police Department polices The Canal on Preston; these figures cover Plano as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Plano as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (34%)
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 The Canal on Preston and nearby neighborhoods
The Canal on Preston has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from The Canal on Preston. 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, The Canal on Preston is safer than 98% of them.
Transit, density and walkability in The Canal on Preston
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set The Canal on Preston apart: it has 99% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 17.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more car theft.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for The Canal on Preston: F (6 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.99% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 91% 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. 61% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (72 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% 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.17.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% 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 The Canal on Preston
Property crime costs The Canal on Preston about $250,000 a year, or $63 per resident and about $141 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.
