Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Lake Balboa is a neighborhood of 6,700 residents in Van Nuys, about 3 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Lake Balboa?
Property crime is high in Lake Balboa: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Theft makes up 57% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades C. Van Nuys as a whole grades F for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 581 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Lake Balboa as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lake Balboa scores 581.
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 Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Balboa in Van Nuys, 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 Lake Balboa
Vehicle theft stands out among neighborhoods graded B for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Lake Balboa has 6.2.
Property crime rates and types in Lake Balboa
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Balboa has about 35 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% more than the US as a whole and 20% more than Van Nuys 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 Lake Balboa, about 57% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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.
Property crime in Lake Balboa and nearby neighborhoods
Lake Balboa has more property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Bel Air and Shadow Hills have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lake Balboa. 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, Lake Balboa is safer than 73% of them.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Lake Balboa
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Lake Balboa apart: it has 1.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 88 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 87% 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+ (40 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.88 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 86% 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 Lake Balboa
Property crime costs Lake Balboa about $1.8 million a year, or $268 per resident and about $798 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.
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
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.
