Vehicle Theft per Capita in District Heights
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 District Heights residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 District Heights residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in District Heights is about 1 in 180.
Vehicle Theft costs the average District Heights resident about $86 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in District Heights in green. The most dangerous areas in District Heights 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 F grade means the rate of vehicle theft is much higher than the average US city. District Heights is in the 3rd percentile for safety, meaning 97% of cities are safer and 3% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to District Heights's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of vehicle theft in District Heights is 5.541 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in District Heights generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in District Heights may be as high as 1 in 94 in the west neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 254 in the southeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the northeast parts of District Heights, MD: about 30 per year. The southeast part of District Heights has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 5 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in District Heights to the Maryland state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| District Heights, MD: | 5.541 |
|---|---|
| Maryland: | 3.042 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, District Heights is less safe than the Maryland 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 District Heights about $2,241,170 in 2025, or roughly $86 per resident. This is part of District Heights's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for District Heights, including every crime type and how District Heights 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 District Heights's crime maps on the District Heights overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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F | F | F | F | |
D- | F | D- | F | |
F | F | D- | F | |
C- | D+ | C- | F | |
D | F | D+ | F | |
F | F | D | F | |
C- | C | C- | F | |
D- | F | D | F | |
C- | D+ | C | D- | |
D- | F | D | F |
District Heights is higher 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 |
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A- | A+ | A+ | C- | |
C- | D+ | D+ | F | |
B- | C+ | C+ | D | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | B- | |
C | A | A | F | |
B- | B | B | B | |
B- | C | C | B- | |
B+ | A- | A- | D | |
B- | C | C | D- | |
B- | A | A | D+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in District Heights, MD average SchoolGrade of F, with 12% actual proficiency versus 16% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See District Heights schools on SchoolGrade
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