Northwood Point is a neighborhood of 9,760 residents in Irvine, about 5 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Northwood Point in Irvine safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Northwood Point: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Irvine as a whole grades A. Every neighborhood in Northwood Point grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 901 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Northwood Point as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northwood Point scores 901.
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 Northwood Point, Irvine, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northwood Point in Irvine, 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 Northwood Point
Theft runs low. Northwood Point has 4.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Irvine as a whole, 55% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Northwood Point
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northwood Point has about 9.6 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% less than the US as a whole and 53% less than Irvine 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 Northwood Point, about 50% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Irvine
The Irvine Police Department polices Northwood Point; these figures cover Irvine as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Irvine as a whole, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 62% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (38%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, robbery, aggravated assault.
How Northwood Point compares with nearby neighborhoods
Northwood Point has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Orchard Hills and Portola Springs have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Northwood Point. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Northwood Point is safer than 99% of them.
Two things set Northwood Point apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 9 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and assault runs low here.
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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.9 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Northwood Point: D- (7 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 86% 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.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% 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 Northwood Point
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Northwood Point about $262 a year per household, 78% 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 $2.2 million a year, or $226 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 Northwood Point 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 Northwood Point, Irvine, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 76% of students test proficient, against 71% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Northwood Point on SchoolGrade
