Huntington Beach, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Huntington Beach is a city of 192,000 in Orange County, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Huntington Beach?
Huntington Beach earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 700 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Huntington 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-. Huntington Beach scores 700.
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 Huntington Beach, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Huntington 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 Huntington Beach
One part of Huntington Beach stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Newland, in northeast Huntington Beach, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Huntington Beach
Most of Huntington Beach grades well for property crime: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Huntington Beach run from A- to D+.
73%24%
A or B 73%C 24%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Bolsa Chica-Heil, northwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Huntington Beach.B+753
2Adams, eastClose to the rest of Huntington Beach on most crimes.B691
3Garfield & Yorktown, centralClose to the rest of Huntington Beach on most crimes.B660
4Downtown Huntington Beach, southCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Huntington Beach.B630
5Oak View, Washington & Goldenwest, northCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Huntington Beach.B625
6Newland, northeastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Huntington Beach.B-556
Neighborhood areas of Huntington Beach, 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 Huntington Beach?
Reported property crime in Huntington Beach peaked in 2022 and has fallen 13% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 21 to 20 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Huntington BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Huntington Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Huntington Beach
Property, US
2016
+9%
+15%
2017
+3%
+12%
2018
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-5%
-8%
2021
+2%
-10%
2022
+8%
-6%
2023
-3%
-7%
2024
-6%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Huntington Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Huntington Beach has about 24 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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 Huntington Beach, about 65% 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.
The Huntington Beach Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Huntington Beach and nearby cities
Huntington Beach has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Huntington 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, Huntington Beach has more property crime than 68% of them.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Huntington Beach
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Huntington Beach apart: it has 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 49% 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.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 84% 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.49% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% 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.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% 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 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 67% 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 Huntington Beach
Property crime costs Huntington Beach about $31 million a year, or $160 per resident and about $398 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
$3.3 million
$17
Theft
$16 million
$81
Vehicle theft
$4.1 million
$22
Arson
$730,000
$4
Vandalism
$6.9 million
$36
Total
$31 million
$160
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.
