Property Crime per Capita in Wedgewood
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 Wedgewood residents.
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Cost of Crime™ for Wedgewood, Charlotte, NC
$2.92 million
In 2025, property crime will cost $572 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Wedgewood 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 D- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Wedgewood against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Wedgewood sits in the 10th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 10% of neighborhoods and behind 90%. The grade covers only Wedgewood’s official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.
The property crime rate in Wedgewood is 44.84 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southwest part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 6 in the north areas to 1 in 54 in the southwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the north parts of Wedgewood, Charlotte, NC report the most property crime, about 226 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 5 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in Wedgewood, Charlotte, NC
Property crime in Wedgewood is projected to cost $2,922,094 in 2025, about $280 per resident and $572 per household. That equals 0.7% 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): 71.8%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 22.6%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.5%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Wedgewood Compared to Other Neighborhoods?
| Wedgewood, Charlotte, NC: | $280 |
|---|---|
| East Forest, Charlotte, NC: | $379 |
| Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC: | $102 |
| North Carolina: | $142 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $280 per resident each year in Wedgewood, which is $144 more than the national average and $139 more than Charlotte’s city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Wedgewood:
- In East Forest, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $379 per person, which is $98 more than in Wedgewood.
- In Highland Creek, Charlotte, NC, crime costs $102 per person, which is $179 less than in Wedgewood
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Wedgewood, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime |
Cost to Wedgewood |
Cost per Wedgewood Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$510,660 |
$49 |
Burglary |
$356,933 |
$34 |
Theft |
$2.04 million |
$196 |
Arson |
$11,581 |
$1 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$2,922,094 |
$280 |
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 Wedgewood, Charlotte, 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 north 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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Wedgewood 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 Wedgewood residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
37.85 |
Vehicle Theft |
3.165 |
Burglary |
3.776 |
Arson |
0.0460 |
Total Property Crime |
44.84 (D-) |
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods
Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in Wedgewood is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Wedgewood.
Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | C- | D | |
C- | B+ | C- | |
D- | D | D- | |
B- | A- | B | |
C- | C | C- | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | |
C | B- | C+ | |
C- | B- | C- | |
C+ | A- | B- | |
D | D+ | D+ |
Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations
Wedgewood is higher 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+ | C | C | |
B | B | B | |
C- | C | C | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | |
C- | B- | B- | |
C+ | B- | B- | |
B- | B | B | |
B | B | B | |
B | A- | A- | |
A+ | A+ | A+ |
Considering only the property crime rate, Wedgewood is less safe than the North Carolina state average and less safe than the national average.
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