West Central, Pasadena, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
West Central is a neighborhood of 21,900 residents in Pasadena, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in West Central?
West Central grades C for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Theft makes up 57% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades F. Pasadena as a whole grades B- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 425 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than West Central as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Central scores 425.
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 West Central, Pasadena, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Central 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 West Central
Burglaries run high. West Central has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages more often than nationally. In Pasadena as a whole, 52% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
How West Central compares within Pasadena
High property crime is widespread across West Central: 70% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across West Central run from C+ to F.
30%70%
C 30%D or F 70%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
West Central has less property crime than 2 of the 10 neighborhoods in Pasadena. It covers much of the West Central 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 West Central
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Central has about 39 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 65% more than the US as a whole and 30% 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 West Central, about 57% of the total, followed by vandalism 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department polices West Central; 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 West Central and nearby neighborhoods
West Central has more property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. North Arroyo and North East have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from West Central. 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, West Central is safer than 66% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set West Central apart: it has 134 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 21.7 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.134 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% 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.21.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% 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. 50% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (65 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.92% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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 West Central
Property crime costs West Central about $6.2 million a year, or $284 per resident and about $636 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.
