Lawndale is a city of 33,100 in Los Angeles County, about 13 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Lawndale?
Property crime is high in Lawndale: a D-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live. Theft makes up 43% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 124 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
11% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Lawndale as a whole, and 89% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lawndale scores 124.
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 Lawndale, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lawndale, 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 Lawndale
Vehicle theft at about double the US rate. Lawndale has 5.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Lawndale
Every part of Lawndale grades D or F for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Lawndale run from D to F.
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D or F 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Lawndale?
Reported property crime in Lawndale has risen 44% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 18 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
LawndaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lawndale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Lawndale
Property, US
2016
+25%
+15%
2017
+3%
+12%
2018
-16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
-8%
2021
+25%
-10%
2022
+31%
-6%
2023
+65%
-7%
2024
+44%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Lawndale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lawndale has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% more than 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 Lawndale, about 43% 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 Lawndale 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 Lawndale and nearby cities
Lawndale has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lawndale. 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, Lawndale has more property crime than 88% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Lawndale apart: it has 92% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more car theft, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.92% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 94% 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.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% of US city residents
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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
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lawndale: C- (31 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 84% 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.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% 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 Lawndale
Property crime costs Lawndale about $7.0 million a year, or $212 per resident and about $650 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
$660,000
$20
Theft
$1.9 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$3.0 million
$90
Arson
$81,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$45
Total
$7.0 million
$212
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.
