The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Calabasas, CA
Calabasas is a city of 25,400 in Los Angeles County, about 25 miles west of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Calabasas, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Calabasas is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Calabasas sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 874 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Calabasas as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Calabasas scores 874.
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 Calabasas, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Calabasas, 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 Calabasas
Burglary is the exception. Calabasas grades A- for property crime, but burglary grades B, worse than in the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live.
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Calabasas, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.3 car thefts and 1.4 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Calabasas
Every part of Calabasas where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Calabasas run from A+ to A-; every part of Calabasas has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Calabasas, the south side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Calabasas?
Reported violent crime in Calabasas peaked in 2021 and has fallen 16% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 8% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 13 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CalabasasUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Calabasas. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Calabasas
Violent, US
Property, Calabasas
Property, US
2016
-56%
+4%
-13%
+15%
2017
-15%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
-25%
+0%
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
+4%
-21%
-8%
2021
+26%
+6%
+5%
-10%
2022
-1%
+5%
+12%
-6%
2023
+20%
+2%
+2%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Calabasas
CrimeGrade™ estimates Calabasas has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and 42% 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.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in Calabasas. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Calabasas compares with nearby cities
Calabasas has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Calabasas apart: it has 80 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.80 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 62% 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.90% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 61% 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.5.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 55% 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.18% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 54% 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 Calabasas
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Calabasas about $655 a year per household, 46% 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 $17 million a year, or $657 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$510,000
$20
Rape
$500,000
$20
Robbery
$400,000
$16
Assault
$1.6 million
$64
Burglary
$810,000
$32
Theft
$1.1 million
$42
Vehicle theft
$500,000
$20
Arson
$70,000
$3
Vandalism
$770,000
$30
Total
$6.3 million
$247
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 Calabasas 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 Calabasas, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 59% of students test proficient, against 58% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Calabasas on SchoolGrade
