Vehicle Theft per Capita in Aurora
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Aurora residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Aurora residents.
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Vehicle Theft Grade™
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B |
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C |
Your yearly chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Aurora is about 1 in 303.
Vehicle Theft costs the average Aurora resident about $51 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Aurora in green. The most dangerous areas in Aurora 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 D- grade means the rate of vehicle theft is much higher than the average US city. Aurora is in the 8th percentile for safety, meaning 92% of cities are safer and 8% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Aurora's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of vehicle theft in Aurora is 3.300 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Aurora generally consider the northwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Aurora may be as high as 1 in 234 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 410 in the northwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the southeast parts of Aurora, IL: about 128 per year. The southwest part of Aurora has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 24 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Aurora to the Illinois state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Aurora, IL: | 3.300 |
|---|---|
| Illinois: | 2.644 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Aurora is less safe than the Illinois state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Aurora about $8,735,703 in 2025, or roughly $51 per resident. This is part of Aurora's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Aurora, including every crime type and how Aurora compares to other cities.
Remember that vehicle 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 Aurora's crime maps on the Aurora overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C+ | B | C | D- | |
A- | A | A- | D+ | |
B | A- | B | D- | |
B+ | B+ | B | D | |
A- | A | B+ | D+ | |
A- | A | B+ | D | |
B | A | B- | D- | |
B | A- | B | D | |
A | A | A | C- | |
A- | A- | B+ | C |
Aurora is similar versus other cities of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D+ | D | D | F | |
D+ | D- | D- | F | |
C+ | B- | B- | D | |
F | F | F | F | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
C | D | D | D- | |
C | C- | C- | D- | |
D | D- | D- | D+ | |
B- | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
B | B- | B- | D+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Aurora, IL average SchoolGrade of D, with 26% actual proficiency versus 32% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Aurora schools on SchoolGrade
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