Grover Beach is a city of 12,900 in San Luis Obispo County, about 11 miles south of downtown San Luis Obispo · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Grover Beach?
Grover Beach earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades B.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 697 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Grover Beach as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Grover Beach scores 697.
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 Grover Beach, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Grover Beach, 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 Grover Beach
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Grover Beach, 49% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Grover Beach
Every part of Grover Beach where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Grover Beach run from B+ to B-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Grover Beach?
Reported property crime in Grover Beach has fallen 35% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 18 to 12 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 26%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Grover BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Grover Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Grover Beach
Property, US
2016
+32%
+15%
2017
+2%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
+42%
-10%
2022
+28%
-6%
2023
-12%
-7%
2024
-35%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Grover Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Grover Beach has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% less than the US as a whole and 27% 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 Grover Beach, about 48% 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.
The Grover Beach Police Department's 2024 count of vehicle theft fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Grover Beach
Grover Beach has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Grover Beach, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Other places (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Grover Beach and nearby cities
Grover Beach has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Grover Beach. 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, Grover Beach has more property crime than 83% of them.
Walkability, parking lots and shops in Grover Beach
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Grover Beach apart: it has a Walk Grade of C+ (48 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 0.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Very walkable places tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
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+ (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% 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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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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 82% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% 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.36% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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 Grover Beach
Property crime costs Grover Beach about $2.0 million a year, or $157 per resident and about $379 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
$160,000
$13
Theft
$640,000
$50
Vehicle theft
$490,000
$38
Arson
$160,000
$12
Vandalism
$560,000
$43
Total
$2.0 million
$157
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.
