South Arroyo, Pasadena, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
South Arroyo is a neighborhood of 12,900 residents in Pasadena, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in South Arroyo?
Property crime in South Arroyo runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Theft makes up 66% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades B+. Pasadena as a whole grades B- for property crime.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 689 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than South Arroyo 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-. South Arroyo scores 689.
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 South Arroyo, Pasadena, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Arroyo in Pasadena, 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 South Arroyo
Burglary is the exception. South Arroyo grades B for property crime, but burglary grades C+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live.
Thefts run high. South Arroyo has thefts at about double the US rate: 28.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How South Arroyo compares within Pasadena
Low property crime is the norm across South Arroyo: 74% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across South Arroyo run from B+ to C+.
74%26%
A or B 74%C 26%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
South Arroyo has less property crime than 7 of the 10 neighborhoods in Pasadena. It covers much of the South Arroyo area.
Is property crime going up in Pasadena?
Reported property crime in Pasadena as a whole has risen 28% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 20 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
PasadenaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Pasadena. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Pasadena
Property, US
2016
+20%
+15%
2017
+2%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
-8%
2021
+14%
-10%
2022
+12%
-6%
2023
+26%
-7%
2024
+28%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in South Arroyo
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Arroyo has about 43 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 81% more than the US as a whole and 43% more than Pasadena 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 South Arroyo, about 66% 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 Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department polices South Arroyo; these figures cover Pasadena as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasadena as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 46% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (23%)
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 South Arroyo and nearby neighborhoods
South Arroyo has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only North Arroyo has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South Arroyo. 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, South Arroyo is safer than 64% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set South Arroyo apart: it has 156 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 23.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.156 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% 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.23.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% 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. 54% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% 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 South Arroyo
Property crime costs South Arroyo about $3.7 million a year, or $289 per resident and about $559 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. South Arroyo 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.
