Garden Grove is a city of 170,200 in Orange County, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Garden Grove?
Garden Grove grades C+ for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades C-.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 494 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Garden Grove as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Garden Grove scores 494.
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 Garden Grove, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Garden Grove, 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 Garden Grove
Car thefts run high in Downtown Garden Grove. In this part of central Garden Grove, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Garden Grove.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Garden Grove, 54% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Garden Grove
Property crime varies widely across Garden Grove: 32% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 33% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Garden Grove run from B+ to F.
32%35%33%
A or B 32%C 35%D or F 33%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Riverview West, southBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Garden Grove.B-613
2Santa Anita, southeastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Garden Grove.B-541
3Southwest, northeastBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Garden Grove.C-373
4Downtown Garden Grove, centralBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Garden Grove.C-320
Neighborhood areas of Garden Grove, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Garden Grove?
Reported property crime in Garden Grove has fallen 25% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 23 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Garden GroveUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Garden Grove. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Garden Grove
Property, US
2016
+9%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
-8%
2021
+0%
-10%
2022
-4%
-6%
2023
-13%
-7%
2024
-25%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Garden Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Garden Grove has about 22 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 20% 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 Garden Grove, about 50% 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 Garden Grove
Garden Grove has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 47% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (54%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
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 Garden Grove and nearby cities
Garden Grove has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Garden Grove. 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, Garden Grove has more property crime than 59% of them.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Garden Grove
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Garden Grove apart: it has 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 68% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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
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. 69% 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.68% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 89% 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.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 70% 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 Garden Grove
Property crime costs Garden Grove about $28 million a year, or $165 per resident and about $602 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
$4.4 million
$26
Theft
$9.7 million
$57
Vehicle theft
$6.9 million
$41
Arson
$560,000
$3
Vandalism
$6.5 million
$38
Total
$28 million
$165
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. Garden Grove is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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.
