North and East is a neighborhood of 12,300 residents in Richmond, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is North and East in Richmond safe?
Crime in North and East is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 93% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than North and East. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. Richmond as a whole grades C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within North and East run from C- to F, so check the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North and East as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North and East scores 0.
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 North and East, Richmond, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North and East in Richmond, 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 North and East
Robberies and car thefts both run high. In North and East, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 4.0 robberies and 13.6 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.7 nationally.
How North and East compares within Richmond
High crime is widespread across North and East: 96% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across North and East run from C- to F; every part of North and East has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
C 4%D or F 96%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
North and East has less crime than 2 of the 9 neighborhoods in Richmond. It covers much of the North and East area.
Is crime going up in Richmond?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Richmond as a whole is down 28%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.4 to 9.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 28 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RichmondUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Richmond. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richmond
Violent, US
Property, Richmond
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
-9%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
-1%
+12%
2018
+1%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
+9%
+6%
-27%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
-28%
-6%
2023
+13%
+2%
-18%
-7%
2024
-3%
-4%
-28%
-15%
Crime rates and types in North and East
CrimeGrade™ estimates North and East has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% more than the US as a whole and 19% more than Richmond 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 North and East, about 31% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does far 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 Richmond
The Richmond Police Department polices North and East; these figures cover Richmond as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Richmond as a whole, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 North and East compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to North and East, 8 have less crime. Point Richmond and Tara Hills have the least.
Tree cover, density and walkability in North and East
Two things set North and East apart: it has tree cover over 4% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 88% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.4% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 74% 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.88% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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.B (61 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% 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 North and East
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs North and East about $2,917 a year per household, more than double 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 $38 million a year, or $3,056 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 North and East 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 North and East, Richmond, CA average a SchoolGrade of F: 14% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in North and East on SchoolGrade
