Wade is a neighborhood of 10,400 residents in Raleigh, about 2 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Wade?
Wade grades B for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades B. Raleigh as a whole grades B for property crime.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 638 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Wade as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wade scores 638.
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 Wade, Raleigh, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wade in Raleigh, 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 Wade
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Raleigh as a whole, 58% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Thefts run high. Wade has thefts at about double the US rate: 23.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How Wade compares within Raleigh
Most of Wade grades well for property crime: 59% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Wade run from A- to C.
59%41%
A or B 59%C 41%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Wade has less property crime than 10 of the 18 neighborhoods in Raleigh. It covers much of the Six Forks, Falls of Neuse, and Five Points areas and the Glenwood area.
Is property crime going up in Raleigh?
Reported property crime in Raleigh as a whole has risen 44% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 28 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
RaleighUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Raleigh. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Raleigh
Property, US
2016
+18%
+15%
2017
+17%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
-8%
2021
+15%
-10%
2022
+23%
-6%
2023
+34%
-7%
2024
+44%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Wade
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wade has about 37 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% more than the US as a whole and close to Raleigh 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 Wade, about 64% 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 Raleigh
The Raleigh Police Department polices Wade; these figures cover Raleigh as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Raleigh as a whole, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
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 Wade and nearby neighborhoods
Wade has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Wade apart: it has 17.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.17.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% 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.25% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% 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. 52% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.41 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 62% 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 Wade
Property crime costs Wade about $2.6 million a year, or $253 per resident and about $645 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. Wade is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
