Economic factors have an influence on the state of peopleâ€™s lives which in turn influence their rnbehavior. The main objective of this thesis is to examine the nexus between urban property rncrime and unemployment in Addis Ababa with particular emphasis on Addis Ketema sub-city rnwereda 8. The study assessed the influence of unemployment that prompt criminal behavior. rnThe study employed descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and analysis rndata. Primary data were collected from 90 respondents through Close-ended questionnaire, rnsemi-structured open-ended key informant interview and document analysis. Probability and rnNon-probability sampling technique was used to select a sample. The statistical package for rnsocial science (SPSS) was used in data entry. As the findings of the study show, unemployment rninfluences the tendency of individuals to commit urban property crime; unemployed individuals rnhighly involved on urban property crime than employed individuals, unemployed rural-urban rnmigrants contribute for the prevalence rate of unemployment as well as urban property crime. rnOn the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that, the creation of adequate job rnopportunities especially for youth unemployed, enhancing and expanding the capacity of small rnand micro enterprises, properly implement the youth employment policy and unemployment rnreduction policy in order to their objective, enhancing the entrepreneurship skill of the students rnby giving entrepreneurship as one subject in all educational institution, while create an rnappropriate rural-urban economic balance to reduce unemployed migrants. In conclusion, rnunemployment has an influence on the incidences and prevalence of urban property crime.