Barron Park is a neighborhood of 4,890 residents in Palo Alto, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Barron Park in Palo Alto safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Barron Park: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Palo Alto as a whole grades A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 901 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Barron Park as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Barron Park scores 901.
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 Barron Park, Palo Alto, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Barron Park in Palo Alto, 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 Barron Park
Thefts from cars happen in the evening far more often than nationally. In Palo Alto as a whole, 61% of reported thefts from cars happen in the evening (6 pm to midnight), against 32% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Barron Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Barron Park has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 45% less than Palo Alto 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Barron Park, about 63% 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 Palo Alto
The Palo Alto Police Department polices Barron Park; these figures cover Palo Alto as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Palo Alto as a whole, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (25%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (29%)
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.
How Barron Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Barron Park has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Barron Park apart: it has 141 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 12.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.141 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 88% 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 and assault. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 50% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 84% 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 crime costs Barron Park
Crime costs Barron Park about $610 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 49% 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 $2.3 million a year, or $468 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 Barron Park 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 Barron Park, Palo Alto, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 76% of students test proficient, against 67% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Barron Park on SchoolGrade
