Theft per Capita in Northwest
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Northwest residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Northwest residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in Northwest is about 1 in 231.
Theft costs the average Northwest resident about $22 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in Northwest in green. The most dangerous areas in Northwest are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A grade means the rate of theft is much lower than the average US city. Northwest is in the 86th percentile for safety, meaning 14% of cities are safer and 86% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Northwest's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of theft in Northwest is 4.320 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Northwest generally consider the south part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in Northwest may be as high as 1 in 99 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 555 in the south part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the southeast parts of Northwest, NC: about 5 per year. The southwest part of Northwest has fewer cases of theft with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in Northwest to the North Carolina state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Northwest, NC: | 4.320 |
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| North Carolina: | 14.32 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, Northwest is safer than the North Carolina state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Theft is projected to cost the residents of Northwest about $56,889 in 2025, or roughly $22 per resident. This is part of Northwest's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Northwest, including every crime type and how Northwest compares to other cities.
Remember that theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Northwest's crime maps on the Northwest overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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A | B- | A+ | A+ | |
A- | B+ | A- | A | |
C+ | B- | C | C | |
C | C | B- | B- | |
B- | C+ | B- | B | |
B | B- | A- | A | |
D | A- | D- | F | |
D+ | C- | C- | C- | |
B | B- | B+ | A- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- |
Northwest is lower versus other cities of the same size for theft. The table below compares theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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B | B+ | B+ | B- | |
D | D | D | D | |
B- | A- | A- | B | |
F | F | F | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
A- | B | B | C+ | |
A- | A | A | A- | |
B | B | B | B- | |
A+ | A- | A- | A- | |
B | C+ | C+ | B- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Northwest, NC average SchoolGrade of A, with 59% actual proficiency versus 56% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Northwest schools on SchoolGrade
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