The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Anderson, CA
Anderson is a city of 22,800 in Shasta County, about 8 miles south of downtown Redding · Updated November 2026
Is Anderson, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Anderson is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Anderson sits near the middle: 43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Anderson run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 800 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Anderson as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Anderson scores 800.
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 Anderson, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Anderson, 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 Anderson
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Anderson has 0.82.
One part of Anderson stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Cascade, in central Anderson, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Anderson
Most of Anderson grades well: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Anderson run from A+ to C+; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Pacheco, northeastClose to the rest of Anderson on most crimes.A+941
2Happy Valley, northwestThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Anderson.A887
3Cascade, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Anderson.B-599
Neighborhood areas of Anderson, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Anderson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Anderson has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% less than the US as a whole and 20% less than California.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Anderson, about 34% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
Where and when crime happens in Anderson
Anderson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Anderson, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 30% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Anderson compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Anderson, 5 have less crime. Gas Point and Millville have the least.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Anderson
Two things set Anderson apart: it has 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 51% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
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.51% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% 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 and assault. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 82% 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 robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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.6.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 61% of US city residents
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 crime costs Anderson
Crime costs Anderson about $1,206 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $35 million a year, or $1,517 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$48
Rape
$790,000
$35
Robbery
$580,000
$26
Assault
$4.0 million
$174
Burglary
$730,000
$32
Theft
$880,000
$38
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$67
Arson
$110,000
$5
Vandalism
$650,000
$29
Total
$10 million
$453
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 Anderson 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
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.
Schools in Anderson, CA average a SchoolGrade of B: 38% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Anderson on SchoolGrade
