Pleasant Valley, Walnut Creek, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Pleasant Valley is a neighborhood of 4,150 residents in Walnut Creek, about 2 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Pleasant Valley?
Pleasant Valley grades B- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Theft makes up 73% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades B-. Walnut Creek as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 573 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Pleasant Valley as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pleasant Valley scores 573.
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 Pleasant Valley, Walnut Creek, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pleasant Valley in Walnut Creek, 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 Pleasant Valley
Thefts run high. Pleasant Valley has thefts at about triple the US rate: 40.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Pleasant Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pleasant Valley has about 56 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Walnut Creek 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 Pleasant Valley, about 73% of the total, followed by vandalism 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 Pleasant Valley and nearby neighborhoods
Pleasant Valley has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pleasant 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, Pleasant Valley is safer than 71% of them.
Jobs, empty homes and walkability in Pleasant Valley
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Pleasant Valley apart: it has 139 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.139 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% 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.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% 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.13.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% 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 Pleasant Valley
Property crime costs Pleasant Valley about $1.5 million a year, or $362 per resident and about $859 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. Pleasant Valley is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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.
