Downtown Pasadena, Pasadena, TX Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Pasadena is a neighborhood of 10,000 residents in Pasadena, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Pasadena?
Downtown Pasadena grades B- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades B-. Pasadena as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 608 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Pasadena 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-. Downtown Pasadena scores 608.
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 Pasadena, Pasadena, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Pasadena in Pasadena, 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 Pasadena
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Pasadena as a whole, 64% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Thefts run high. Downtown Pasadena has thefts at about double the US rate: 27.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How Downtown Pasadena compares within Pasadena
Areas graded C for property crime are home to 67% of residents in Downtown Pasadena; 33% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Downtown Pasadena run from B to C-.
33%67%
A or B 33%C 67%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Downtown Pasadena has less property crime than 0 of the 4 neighborhoods in Pasadena. It covers much of the Downtown Pasadena area.
Is property crime going up in Pasadena?
Reported property crime in Pasadena as a whole has fallen 12% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 26 to 23 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 17%.
Property crime, change since 2019
PasadenaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Pasadena. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Pasadena
Property, US
2016
+0%
+15%
2017
-5%
+12%
2018
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-4%
-10%
2022
+7%
-6%
2023
+6%
-7%
2024
-12%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Pasadena
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Pasadena has about 42 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 75% more than the US as a whole and 43% more than Pasadena 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 Pasadena, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department polices Downtown Pasadena; these figures cover Pasadena as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasadena as a whole, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Downtown Pasadena and nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Pasadena has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Pasadena. 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 Pasadena is safer than 78% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Downtown Pasadena
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Downtown Pasadena apart: it has 19.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 19.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.19.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Downtown Pasadena: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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.C (39 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 55% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.19.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% 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 Pasadena
Property crime costs Downtown Pasadena about $2.8 million a year, or $283 per resident and about $874 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 Pasadena 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.
