Covina is a city of 65,700 in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Covina?
Property crime is high in Covina: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Theft makes up 43% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades C.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 610 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Covina as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Covina scores 610.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Covina, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Covina, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Covina
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Covina, 65% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Covina
In Covina, 57% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 24% in areas graded C and 19% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Covina run from A- to F.
57%24%19%
A or B 57%C 24%D or F 19%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Covina?
Reported property crime in Covina has fallen 37% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 25 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
CovinaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Covina. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Covina
Property, US
2016
+6%
+15%
2017
-2%
+12%
2018
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
-8%
2021
-15%
-10%
2022
+12%
-6%
2023
-19%
-7%
2024
-37%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Covina
CrimeGrade™ estimates Covina has about 19 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and 31% less than California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Covina, about 43% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Covina
Covina has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (26%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Covina and nearby cities
Covina has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Covina
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Covina apart: it has 0.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 46% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 75% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.46% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Covina: D+ (24 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 74% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Covina on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Covina
Property crime costs Covina about $10 million a year, or $158 per resident and about $471 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.1 million
$31
Theft
$2.8 million
$42
Vehicle theft
$3.5 million
$53
Arson
$400,000
$6
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$26
Total
$10 million
$158
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
