Orinda is a city of 20,400 in Contra Costa County, about 15 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Orinda?
Property crime in Orinda sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 866 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Orinda as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Orinda scores 866.
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 Orinda, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Orinda, 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 Orinda
Thefts are uncommon. Orinda has thefts at about half the US rate: 6.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Orinda
Low property crime is the norm across Orinda: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Orinda run from A to D.
97%
A or B 97%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1El Toyonal & Country Club Orinda, northwestThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Orinda.A900
2Ivy Drive, southeastClose to the rest of Orinda on most crimes.A884
3Hidden Valley, eastClose to the rest of Orinda on most crimes.A878
4Orinda Woods & Northwood Tara, centralActs of vandalism run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Orinda.A-831
Neighborhood areas of Orinda, 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 Orinda?
Reported property crime in Orinda has fallen 13% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 10 to 8.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 14%.
Property crime, change since 2019
OrindaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Orinda. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Orinda
Property, US
2016
-19%
+15%
2017
-21%
+12%
2018
-43%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-33%
-8%
2021
-27%
-10%
2022
-32%
-6%
2023
-24%
-7%
2024
-13%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Orinda
CrimeGrade™ estimates Orinda has about 11 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% less than the US as a whole and 59% less than 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 Orinda, about 58% 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.
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 Orinda
Orinda has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Orinda, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Orinda and nearby cities
Orinda has less property crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Moraga and Reliez Valley have less.
Night lighting, walkability and empty homes in Orinda
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Orinda apart: it has 16% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.16% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 96% 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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 95% 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.2.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 94% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 89% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.22 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Orinda on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Orinda
Property crime costs Orinda about $1.6 million a year, or $80 per resident and about $225 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
$290,000
$14
Theft
$700,000
$34
Vehicle theft
$300,000
$15
Arson
$20,000
$1
Vandalism
$310,000
$15
Total
$1.6 million
$80
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. Orinda 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
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.
