Downtown Fullerton, Fullerton, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Fullerton is a neighborhood of 13,400 residents in Fullerton, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Fullerton?
Property crime is high in Downtown Fullerton: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades C+. Fullerton as a whole grades B for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 551 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Fullerton as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Fullerton scores 551.
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 Downtown Fullerton, Fullerton, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Fullerton in Fullerton, 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 Downtown Fullerton
Thefts and burglaries both run high. In Downtown Fullerton, each runs at about double the US rate: 28.5 thefts and 4.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Downtown Fullerton
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Downtown Fullerton to the next: 32% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 40% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Downtown Fullerton run from A- to F.
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A or B 32%C 28%D or F 40%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Fullerton?
Reported property crime in Fullerton as a whole has fallen 11% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 22 to 20 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 15%.
Property crime, change since 2019
FullertonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Fullerton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Fullerton
Property, US
2016
+13%
+15%
2017
+24%
+12%
2018
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
-8%
2021
+13%
-10%
2022
+18%
-6%
2023
+4%
-7%
2024
-11%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Fullerton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Fullerton has about 44 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 87% more than the US as a whole and 77% more than Fullerton as a whole.
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 Downtown Fullerton, about 64% 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.
Property crime in Downtown Fullerton and nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Fullerton has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Brea-Olinda and Southeast have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Fullerton. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Fullerton is safer than 75% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Downtown Fullerton apart: it has 24.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 111 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.24.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.111 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 58% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (67 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Downtown Fullerton
Property crime costs Downtown Fullerton about $4.0 million a year, or $298 per resident and about $811 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 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. Downtown Fullerton is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
