Walnut is a city of 29,000 in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Walnut?
Walnut earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Theft makes up 39% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades F, and vehicle theft grades A.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 697 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Walnut as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Walnut scores 697.
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 Walnut, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Walnut, 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 Walnut
Burglaries run high for a city with a B for property crime. Walnut has 8.9 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Walnut
Most of Walnut grades well for property crime: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Walnut run from A- to C+.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Walnut?
Reported property crime in Walnut has risen 42% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 19 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 18%.
Property crime, change since 2019
WalnutUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Walnut. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Walnut
Property, US
2016
+32%
+15%
2017
+24%
+12%
2018
+24%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
+5%
-10%
2022
+22%
-6%
2023
+21%
-7%
2024
+42%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Walnut
CrimeGrade™ estimates Walnut has about 23 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 18% 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.
Burglary is the most common property crime in Walnut, about 39% of the total, followed by theft 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.
The Walnut Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Walnut and nearby cities
Walnut has less property crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Diamond Bar has less.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Walnut apart: it has 6 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower 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%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Walnut: D+ (22 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% 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.4.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.48 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Walnut 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 Walnut
Property crime costs Walnut about $5.1 million a year, or $176 per resident and about $542 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
$2.3 million
$80
Theft
$1.3 million
$45
Vehicle theft
$740,000
$25
Arson
$63,000
$2
Vandalism
$690,000
$24
Total
$5.1 million
$176
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.
