Paradise Valley, South San Francisco, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Paradise Valley is a neighborhood of 3,920 residents in South San Francisco, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Paradise Valley?
Property crime is high in Paradise Valley: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades C+. South San Francisco as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 560 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Paradise Valley as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Paradise Valley scores 560.
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 Paradise Valley, South San Francisco, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Paradise Valley in South San Francisco, 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 Paradise Valley
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Paradise Valley to work or shop: it has only 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
Property crime rates and types in Paradise Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Paradise Valley has about 16 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 32% less than the US as a whole and 34% less than South San Francisco 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 Paradise Valley, about 52% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in South San Francisco
The South San Francisco Police Department polices Paradise Valley; these figures cover South San Francisco as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In South San Francisco as a whole, 33% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 38% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (27%)
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 Paradise Valley and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Paradise Valley, 6 have less property crime. El Camino and Westborough have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Paradise Valley. 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, Paradise Valley is safer than 68% of them.
Shops, empty homes and walkability in Paradise Valley
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Paradise Valley apart: it has 1.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 1.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.1.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (25 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 65% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% 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 Paradise Valley
Property crime costs Paradise Valley about $510,000 a year, or $129 per resident and about $425 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
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.
