Central Area is a neighborhood of 4,490 residents in Eden · Updated November 2026
Is Central Area in Eden safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Central Area is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Central Area sits near the middle: 40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. Eden as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Central Area run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 781 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Central Area as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central Area scores 781.
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 Central Area, Eden, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central Area in Eden, 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 Central Area
Theft at about triple the US rate. Central Area has 37.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Central Area
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central Area has about 80 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Eden 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 Central Area, about 47% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Eden
The Eden Police Department polices Central Area; these figures cover Eden as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Eden as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 56% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Central Area compares with nearby neighborhoods
Central Area has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Central Area
Two things set Central Area apart: it has 7.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 43.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with both tend to report more theft and car theft than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.7.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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 robbery and car theft.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 99% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.43.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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 Central Area
Crime costs Central Area about $1,725 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 43% 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 $9.9 million a year, or $2,207 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 Central Area 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. Central Area 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 Central Area, Eden, NC average a SchoolGrade of D: 47% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Central Area on SchoolGrade
