Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Mar Vista is a neighborhood of 42,500 residents in Los Angeles, about 11 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mar Vista?
Property crime is high in Mar Vista: a D, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades F. Los Angeles as a whole grades F for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 223 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mar Vista as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mar Vista scores 223.
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 Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mar Vista in Los Angeles, 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 Mar Vista
Acts of vandalism are uncommon. Mar Vista has acts of vandalism at about half the US rate: 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
How Mar Vista compares within Los Angeles
High property crime is widespread across Mar Vista: 68% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 5% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Mar Vista run from B to F.
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A or B 5%C 27%D or F 68%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Mar Vista has less property crime than 31 of the 51 neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It covers much of the Westchester, Mar Vista, and Crenshaw areas.
Property crime rates and types in Mar Vista
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mar Vista has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 43% less than Los Angeles 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 Mar Vista, about 58% of the total, followed by burglary 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Mar Vista and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Mar Vista, 7 have less property crime. Century City and Jefferson have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mar Vista. 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, Mar Vista is safer than 52% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mar Vista apart: it has 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that 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.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 77% 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.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.5.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% 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 Mar Vista
Property crime costs Mar Vista about $7.8 million a year, or $183 per resident and about $449 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. Mar Vista 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
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.
