Downtown Boone is a neighborhood of 5,260 residents in Boone, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Boone in Boone safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Downtown Boone is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Downtown Boone sits near the middle: 58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Boone as a whole grades A+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 870 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Boone as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Boone scores 870.
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 Downtown Boone, Boone, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Boone in Boone, 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 Downtown Boone
Thefts are uncommon. Downtown Boone has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Downtown Boone
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Boone has about 14 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 61% less than the US as a whole and close to Boone 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 Downtown Boone, about 39% of everything reported.
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 Boone
The Boone Police Department polices Downtown Boone; these figures cover Boone as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Boone as a whole, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 63% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Downtown Boone compares with nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Boone has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Skybrook has less.
Two things set Downtown Boone apart: it has 23.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 1.3 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
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 Downtown Boone: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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.23.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% 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. 66% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (73 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% 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.1.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 86% 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 Downtown Boone
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Downtown Boone about $1,298 a year per household, 8% 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 $4.0 million a year, or $766 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 Downtown Boone 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 Downtown Boone, Boone, NC average a SchoolGrade of A-: 61% of students test proficient, against 55% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Downtown Boone on SchoolGrade
