El Segundo is a city of 16,800 in Los Angeles County, about 13 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in El Segundo?
El Segundo earns a B for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades F, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 656 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
30% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than El Segundo as a whole, and 70% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. El Segundo scores 656.
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 El Segundo, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in El Segundo, 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 El Segundo
One weak spot: burglary. It grades F in El Segundo, worse than in the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live, against B for property crime as a whole.
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In El Segundo, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.7 car thefts and 32.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in El Segundo
Areas graded C for property crime are home to 49% of residents in El Segundo; 47% live in areas graded A or B and 4% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across El Segundo run from B to D.
47%49%
A or B 47%C 49%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in El Segundo?
Reported property crime in El Segundo has risen 41% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 38 to 53 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Property crime, change since 2019
El SegundoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves El Segundo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, El Segundo
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+8%
+12%
2018
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+19%
-8%
2021
+32%
-10%
2022
+47%
-6%
2023
+72%
-7%
2024
+41%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in El Segundo
CrimeGrade™ estimates El Segundo has about 58 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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 El Segundo, about 56% of the total, followed by burglary 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 El Segundo
El Segundo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In El Segundo, 29% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 42% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (29%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (33%)
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 El Segundo and nearby cities
El Segundo has the least property crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from El Segundo. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, El Segundo has more property crime than 57% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set El Segundo apart: it has 456 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 31.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.456 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.31.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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.B- (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.76% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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 El Segundo
Property crime costs El Segundo about $7.2 million a year, or $431 per resident and about $982 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
$1.9 million
$115
Theft
$2.8 million
$165
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$102
Arson
$140,000
$9
Vandalism
$670,000
$40
Total
$7.2 million
$431
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.
