Cedar Hills Estates is a neighborhood of 4,950 residents in Jacksonville, about 6 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Cedar Hills Estates in Jacksonville safe?
Cedar Hills Estates has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C and property crime C-. Jacksonville as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cedar Hills Estates run from C+ to D+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 374 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cedar Hills Estates as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cedar Hills Estates scores 374.
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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cedar Hills Estates in Jacksonville, 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 Cedar Hills Estates
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Jacksonville as a whole, 65% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Theft at about double the US rate. Cedar Hills Estates has 27.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Cedar Hills Estates
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cedar Hills Estates has about 67 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 81% more than the US as a whole and 26% more than Jacksonville 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Cedar Hills Estates, about 41% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Cedar Hills Estates compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Cedar Hills Estates, 7 have less crime. Avondale and Normandy Manor have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cedar Hills Estates. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Cedar Hills Estates has more crime than 69% of them.
Transit, shops and walkability in Cedar Hills Estates
Two things set Cedar Hills Estates apart: it has 16.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 1.0 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, 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 Cedar Hills Estates: D+ (24 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 88% 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.16.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 82% 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. 57% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% 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.1.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 81% 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 Cedar Hills Estates
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cedar Hills Estates about $2,238 a year per household, 86% 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 $12 million a year, or $2,471 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 Cedar Hills Estates 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
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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, FL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 42% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Cedar Hills Estates on SchoolGrade
