ZIP 27616 covers Northeast Raleigh in Raleigh, about 8 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 27616 in Raleigh safe?
Crime in ZIP 27616 is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than ZIP 27616. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. Raleigh as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 27616 run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 707 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 27616 as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 27616 scores 707.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 27616, Raleigh, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 27616 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 in ZIP 27616
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.
How ZIP 27616 compares within Raleigh
Most of ZIP 27616 grades well: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across ZIP 27616 run from A+ to F; 31% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
88%
A or B 88%C 6%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 27616 has less crime than 4 of the 15 ZIP codes in Raleigh.
Is crime going up in Raleigh?
Reported crime in Raleigh as a whole has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 50% and property crime up 44%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 28 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Raleigh
Violent, US
Property, Raleigh
Property, US
2016
+16%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
+19%
+4%
+17%
+12%
2018
-6%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+29%
+4%
+11%
-8%
2021
+50%
+6%
+15%
-10%
2022
+58%
+5%
+23%
-6%
2023
+64%
+2%
+34%
-7%
2024
+50%
-4%
+44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in ZIP 27616
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 27616 has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and 15% less than Raleigh as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in ZIP 27616 is theft, about 39% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Raleigh
The Raleigh Police Department polices ZIP 27616; these figures cover Raleigh as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Raleigh as a whole, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 34% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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.
How ZIP 27616 compares with nearby ZIP codes
Of the 10 ZIP codes closest to ZIP 27616, 7 have less crime. ZIP 27571 and ZIP 27614 have the least.
Crime costs ZIP 27616 about $1,403 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $87 million a year, or $1,358 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 27616 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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
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.
Schools in ZIP 27616, Raleigh, NC average a SchoolGrade of C-: 52% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 27616 on SchoolGrade
