Playa del Ray, Playa Del Rey, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Playa del Ray is a neighborhood of 16,700 residents in Playa Del Rey · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Playa del Ray?
Property crime is high in Playa del Ray: a D+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live. Theft makes up 63% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F. Playa Del Rey as a whole grades B- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 273 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
13% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Playa del Ray as a whole, and 87% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Playa del Ray scores 273.
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 Playa del Ray, Playa Del Rey, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Playa del Ray in Playa Del Rey, 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 Playa del Ray
Vandalism runs low. Playa del Ray has 2.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 5.5.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Playa del Ray
High property crime is widespread across Playa del Ray: 73% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 13% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Playa del Ray run from A to F.
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A or B 13%C 14%D or F 73%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Property crime rates and types in Playa del Ray
CrimeGrade™ estimates Playa del Ray has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and 81% less than Playa Del Rey 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 Playa del Ray, about 63% of the total, followed by vehicle theft 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.
Property crime in Playa del Ray and nearby neighborhoods
Playa del Ray has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Playa del Ray. 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, Playa del Ray is safer than 53% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Playa del Ray
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Playa del Ray apart: it has 5.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
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%Lower than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 74% 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. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 55% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 70% 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 Playa del Ray
Property crime costs Playa del Ray about $3.6 million a year, or $216 per resident and about $427 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. Playa del Ray 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.
