Chevy Chase is a neighborhood of 4,150 residents in Glendale, about 3 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Chevy Chase in Glendale safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Chevy Chase has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Glendale as a whole grades B+. Every neighborhood in Chevy Chase grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 899 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Chevy Chase as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Chevy Chase scores 899.
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 Chevy Chase, Glendale, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Chevy Chase in Glendale, 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 Chevy Chase
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Glendale as a whole, 95% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
Theft runs low. Chevy Chase has 6.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
Crime rates and types in Chevy Chase
CrimeGrade™ estimates Chevy Chase has about 14 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 63% less than the US as a whole and 57% less than Glendale 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 Chevy Chase is theft, about 47% 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 Glendale
The Glendale Police Department polices Chevy Chase; these figures cover Glendale as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Glendale as a whole, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 44% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (95%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (36%)
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.
How Chevy Chase compares with nearby neighborhoods
Chevy Chase has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Chevy Chase apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 1.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault; here theft sits near the national middle.
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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.1.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% 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 Chevy Chase
Crime costs Chevy Chase about $312 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 74% 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 $1.5 million a year, or $367 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 Chevy Chase 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 Chevy Chase, Glendale, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 61% of students test proficient, against 62% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Chevy Chase on SchoolGrade
