Explore Raleigh building permits, RPD crime data and Residential-10 zoning in Oakwood, the historic neighborhood northeast of downtown.
Search this neighborhoodOakwood is the historic residential neighborhood northeast of downtown, between Wake Forest Road and New Bern Avenue and reaching west to North Person Street, so it takes in Historic Oakwood's blocks along North Bloodworth, North East and Polk Streets and Oakwood Avenue. The Oakwood Garden Club, Oakwood Park Community Watch and Idlewild Community Association are among the Oakwood Garden Club, Oakwood Park Community Watch and Idlewild Community Association its registered groups. Nearly all of its land is zoned Residential-10, and townhouse and new dwelling permits lead active filings.
Oakwood Park, LeVelle Moton Park and the Historic Oakwood Cemetery are inside it. GoRaleigh routes 3, 10 and 15 serve the area. The boundary is built from census block groups, so it follows streets and creeks but is not an association or historic-district line.
CivicScout counts Raleigh Police reported offenses that carry a location, traffic crashes and open 311 requests inside the Oakwood boundary for any searched address. RPD withholds the location of most sexual offenses and every child-abuse report, so located counts understate violent crime. Police place incidents on the block’s street, so offenses within about 30 meters of the outline are counted, and an offense on a street shared by two neighborhoods counts toward both. Raleigh publishes no code violations feed, so this page does not cover one.
View safety data →CivicScout lists the building permits issued inside the Oakwood boundary that have not yet expired. Active filings are mostly townhouse, new residential dwelling and alteration/repairs.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in Oakwood is mostly Residential-10 (R-10); the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any Oakwood address combines permits, Raleigh Police offenses, traffic crashes, 311 requests, food inspections, parks and zoning within a half mile. Raleigh publishes no code violations feed.
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