The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Artesia, CA
Artesia is a city of 15,900 in Los Angeles County, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Artesia, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Artesia has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Artesia run from B+ to C, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 625 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Artesia as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Artesia scores 625.
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 Artesia, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Artesia, 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 Artesia
Burglaries run high for a B-graded city. Artesia has 6.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
Theft is a strength. Artesia grades C- for property crime, but theft grades B+.
The safest and least safe parts of Artesia
Most of Artesia grades well: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Artesia run from B+ to C; every part of Artesia has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%19%
A or B 81%C 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Artesia, the east side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Artesia?
Reported violent crime in Artesia peaked in 2022 and has fallen 16% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 32% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.4 to 4.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 23 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ArtesiaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Artesia. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Artesia
Violent, US
Property, Artesia
Property, US
2016
+21%
+4%
+115%
+15%
2017
+41%
+4%
+60%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
+17%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-30%
+4%
+8%
-8%
2021
+13%
+6%
+39%
-10%
2022
+27%
+5%
+51%
-6%
2023
+19%
+2%
+26%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
+32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Artesia
CrimeGrade™ estimates Artesia has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in Artesia. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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.
The Artesia 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.
How Artesia compares with nearby cities
Artesia has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Artesia apart: it has 25.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.25.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% 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.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% of US city residents
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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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.63% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% 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.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Artesia 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 crime costs Artesia
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Artesia about $1,544 a year per household, 28% more 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 $20 million a year, or $1,284 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$660,000
$41
Rape
$350,000
$22
Robbery
$790,000
$50
Assault
$2.0 million
$123
Burglary
$900,000
$56
Theft
$1.0 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$65
Arson
$56,000
$3
Vandalism
$340,000
$22
Total
$7.1 million
$448
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 Artesia 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 Artesia, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 49% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Artesia on SchoolGrade
