Aurora Highlands is a neighborhood of 14,000 residents in Arlington · Updated November 2026
Is Aurora Highlands in Arlington safe?
Yes, crime in Aurora Highlands is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Aurora Highlands sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Arlington as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Safety score 843 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Aurora Highlands as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Aurora Highlands scores 843.
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 Aurora Highlands, Arlington, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Aurora Highlands in Arlington, 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 Aurora Highlands
Burglary is a strength. Aurora Highlands grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live.
Theft at more than double the US rate. Aurora Highlands has 34.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How Aurora Highlands compares within Arlington
Every part of Aurora Highlands where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Aurora Highlands run from A to B+; 42% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Aurora Highlands has less crime than 21 of the 29 neighborhoods in Arlington. It covers much of the Aurora Highlands, Crystal City, and Arlington Ridge areas.
Crime rates and types in Aurora Highlands
CrimeGrade™ estimates Aurora Highlands has about 51 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% more than the US as a whole and 46% more than Arlington as a whole.
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Violent crime
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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.
Theft is the most common crime in Aurora Highlands, about 66% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
How Aurora Highlands compares with nearby neighborhoods
Aurora Highlands has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Arlington Ridge and Crystal City have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Aurora Highlands. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Aurora Highlands is safer than 96% of them.
Transit, shops and walkability in Aurora Highlands
Two things set Aurora Highlands apart: it has 111 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 28.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Aurora Highlands: C- (27 of 100).111 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.28.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 94% 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 and assault. 88% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (81 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 88% 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 crime costs Aurora Highlands
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Aurora Highlands about $688 a year per household, 43% less 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 $11 million a year, or $804 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 Aurora Highlands 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. Aurora Highlands 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
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.
Schools in Aurora Highlands, Arlington, VA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 72% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Aurora Highlands on SchoolGrade
