Brentwood is a neighborhood of 23,400 residents in Los Angeles, about 14 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Brentwood in Los Angeles safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Brentwood is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Brentwood sits near the middle: 53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against B+. Los Angeles as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Brentwood run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
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Safety score 850 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brentwood as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brentwood scores 850.
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 Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brentwood in Los Angeles, 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 Brentwood
Burglaries run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Brentwood runs 26% below the US rate, but burglaries run 95% above it: 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Aggravated assaults and acts of vandalism both run low. In Brentwood, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.87 aggravated assaults and 2.4 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 5.5 nationally.
How Brentwood compares within Los Angeles
Most of Brentwood grades well: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Brentwood run from A+ to C; 53% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 85%C 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Brentwood has less crime than 48 of the 51 neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It covers much of the Mid City West, Westwood, and Hollywood Hills areas and the Pico-Robertson, Sawtelle, and West Los Angeles areas.
Crime rates and types in Brentwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brentwood has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% less than the US as a whole and 57% less than Los Angeles 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 Brentwood, about 54% 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.
How Brentwood compares with nearby neighborhoods
Brentwood has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Century City and Bel Air have less.
Night lighting, tree cover and walkability in Brentwood
Brentwood looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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.92% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.18% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 76% 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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.30% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% 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 Brentwood
Crime costs Brentwood about $572 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 53% 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 $11 million a year, or $467 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 Brentwood 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 Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 64% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Brentwood on SchoolGrade
