Mountain View is a city of 85,700 in Santa Clara County, about 11 miles west of downtown San Jose · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mountain View?
Property crime in Mountain View runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades B+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 688 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mountain View as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mountain View scores 688.
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 Mountain View, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mountain View, 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 Mountain View
One part of Mountain View stands out for theft. Thefts in Jackson Park & Rex Manor, in central Mountain View, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Mountain View, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Mountain View
Low property crime is the norm across Mountain View: 55% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Mountain View run from A- to F.
55%39%
A or B 55%C 39%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Whisman Station & North Whisman, eastCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Mountain View.B+750
2Martens-Carmelita, Sunnyvale West & Cuernavaca, southeastActs of vandalism run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Mountain View.B+694
4Monta Loma, northwestCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Mountain View.B644
5Blossom Valley-Mountain View, southwestThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Mountain View.B644
6Shoreline West, westCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Mountain View.B-542
7Jackson Park & Rex Manor, centralCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Mountain View.C-338
Neighborhood areas of Mountain View, 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 Mountain View?
Reported property crime in Mountain View has fallen 15% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 31 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Mountain ViewUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mountain View. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Mountain View
Property, US
2016
-27%
+15%
2017
-19%
+12%
2018
-14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
-8%
2021
-18%
-10%
2022
-5%
-6%
2023
-11%
-7%
2024
-15%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Mountain View
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mountain View has about 30 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% 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 Mountain View, about 64% of the total, followed by burglary 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Mountain View
Mountain View has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mountain View, 39% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 39% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (26%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Mountain View and nearby cities
Mountain View has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Los Altos and Los Altos Hills have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mountain View. 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, Mountain View is safer than 71% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mountain View apart: it has 113 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 70% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.113 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% 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.70% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% 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+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% 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 78% 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 Mountain View: C- (29 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% 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.8.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% 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 Mountain View
Property crime costs Mountain View about $18 million a year, or $210 per resident and about $513 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
$3.6 million
$42
Theft
$8.6 million
$101
Vehicle theft
$3.1 million
$36
Arson
$480,000
$6
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$25
Total
$18 million
$210
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.
