Watauga, KY Vehicle Theft Rates and Vehicle Theft Maps

Vehicle Theft per Capita in Watauga

The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Watauga residents.

 

Watauga, KY Map of Vehicle Theft Rates
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$6

Vehicle Theft costs the average Watauga resident about $6 per year.

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Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Watauga in green. The most dangerous areas in Watauga are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Watauga, KY Safe from Vehicle Theft?

The A- grade means the rate of vehicle theft is lower than the average US city. Watauga is in the 80th percentile for safety, meaning 20% of cities are safer and 80% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Watauga's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of vehicle theft in Watauga is 0.3749 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Watauga generally consider the central part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Watauga may be as high as 1 in 2,661 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 2,675 in the central part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the central parts of Watauga, KY: about 0 per year. The west part of Watauga has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 0 in a typical year.

How Watauga's Vehicle Theft Rate Compares

The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Watauga to the Kentucky state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Watauga, KY: 0.3749
Kentucky: 2.340
USA: 2.785

Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Watauga is safer than the Kentucky state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Vehicle Theft in Watauga, KY

Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Watauga about $784 in 2025, or roughly $6 per resident. This is part of Watauga's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Watauga, including every crime type and how Watauga compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Vehicle Theft Map

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 Watauga's crime maps on the Watauga overall crime page.

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Vehicle Theft Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of vehicle theft in Watauga is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Watauga.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Vehicle Theft Crime Grade
C-
C+
C+
C
C-
B
C-
B+
B
A-
B+
B+
C+
B+
B
A-
C-
C+
C+
C
C+
B+
B+
C-
B
B-
A-
B
D+
B-
B-
C-
D+
C
C-
B+
C
B-
B-
B-

Vehicle Theft in City with Similar Populations

Watauga is lower 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
A
A-
A-
A
B-
C+
C+
F
F
F
F
F
D-
B
B
C+
B-
A-
A-
A-
A-
C+
C+
B
D+
C+
C+
C
A-
A+
A+
C-
C
D
D
C
B+
D+
D+
A-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Watauga, KY average SchoolGrade of D, with 26% actual proficiency versus 30% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Watauga schools on SchoolGrade

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