The South Property Investigations Unit (PIU) investigate property crimes such as Burglary, Theft, Criminal Damage, and Trespass. Specialty Investigative Units include Pawn and Metal Theft. They also operate the Burglary Reduction Program (BRP) which directs the combined efforts of statistical crime analysis, education, communication, and wanted flyers to reduce Burglaries and increase penalties for those that commit them.

The Property Crime Bureau, South Property Investigations Unit (SPIU) is comprised of three distinct areas, including: 1) The Investigative Support Detail (ISD); 2) Property Investigations Detectives; 3) The Street Crimes Detail.

Detectives assigned to the investigative squads covering the precincts are responsible for investigating a variety of property crimes that occur in the south three precincts of the city, or the non-grey areas of the above map. The Metal Theft Squad is tasked with metal theft investigations, inspections of scrap dealers' yards and maintaining transaction logs. This squad also investigates all the criminal damage and trespassing reports for the south zone. The Street Crimes Unit operates in an undercover capacity and responds to priority crime problems in the north precincts through surveillance of locations and individuals, recovering stolen property and assisting patrol officers as needed.