Birdland Neighbors is a neighborhood of 6,000 residents in Sunnyvale, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Birdland Neighbors in Sunnyvale safe?
Yes, crime in Birdland Neighbors is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Birdland Neighbors sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against B+. Sunnyvale 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 870 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Birdland Neighbors as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Birdland Neighbors scores 870.
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 Birdland Neighbors, Sunnyvale, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Birdland Neighbors in Sunnyvale, 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 Birdland Neighbors
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Sunnyvale as a whole, 58% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Birdland Neighbors
CrimeGrade™ estimates Birdland Neighbors has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 22% less than Sunnyvale 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 Birdland Neighbors is theft, about 46% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Sunnyvale
The Sunnyvale Police Department polices Birdland Neighbors; these figures cover Sunnyvale as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Sunnyvale as a whole, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 57% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (40%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (27%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary.
How Birdland Neighbors compares with nearby neighborhoods
Birdland Neighbors has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only South Los Altos has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Birdland Neighbors. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Birdland Neighbors is safer than 89% of them.
Two things set Birdland Neighbors apart: it has 2.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 96 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft and car theft, and theft runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.2.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.96 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 87% 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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 67% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Birdland Neighbors: C- (26 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 75% 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 Birdland Neighbors
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Birdland Neighbors about $587 a year per household, 51% 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 $2.8 million a year, or $472 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 Birdland Neighbors 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 Birdland Neighbors, Sunnyvale, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 66% of students test proficient, against 65% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Birdland Neighbors on SchoolGrade
