ZIP 91403 is in Sherman Oaks · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 91403 in Sherman Oaks safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, ZIP 91403 has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. Sherman Oaks as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 91403 run from A to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 747 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 91403 as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 91403 scores 747.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 91403, Sherman Oaks, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 91403 in Sherman Oaks, 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 in ZIP 91403
Burglaries run high for a B-graded ZIP code. ZIP 91403 has 6.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US ZIP code, the figure is 2.6.
How ZIP 91403 compares within Sherman Oaks
Low crime is the norm across ZIP 91403: 87% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across ZIP 91403 run from A to D; 14% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 87%C 7%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 91403 has less crime than 1 of the 2 ZIP codes in Sherman Oaks.
Crime rates and types in ZIP 91403
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 91403 has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% more than the US as a whole and close to Sherman Oaks as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in ZIP 91403 is theft, about 45% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How ZIP 91403 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 91403 has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest ZIP codes; only ZIP 90077 and ZIP 91436 have less.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 91403 about $855 a year per household, 29% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $22 million a year, or $839 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 91403 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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
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.
Schools in ZIP 91403, Sherman Oaks, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 54% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in ZIP 91403 on SchoolGrade
