Citrus Grove is a neighborhood of 15,600 residents in Glendale, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Citrus Grove in Glendale safe?
Crime in Citrus Grove is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Citrus Grove. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against D+. Glendale as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Citrus Grove run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 617 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Citrus Grove as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Citrus Grove scores 617.
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 Citrus Grove, Glendale, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Citrus Grove 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 Citrus Grove
Burglary is a strength. Citrus Grove grades D+ for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live.
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.
How Citrus Grove compares within Glendale
Areas graded C are home to 51% of residents in Citrus Grove; 49% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Citrus Grove run from B+ to C-; every part of Citrus Grove has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
49%51%
A or B 49%C 51%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Citrus Grove has less crime than 5 of the 19 neighborhoods in Glendale. It covers much of the Citrus Grove and Somerset areas.
Is crime going up in Glendale?
Reported crime in Glendale as a whole has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 99% and property crime up 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 26%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GlendaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Glendale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glendale
Violent, US
Property, Glendale
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
+5%
+15%
2017
+18%
+4%
-6%
+12%
2018
-13%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
+12%
+6%
+7%
-10%
2022
+28%
+5%
+10%
-6%
2023
+94%
+2%
+33%
-7%
2024
+143%
-4%
+20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Citrus Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Citrus Grove has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 20% 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.
Theft makes up about 45% of crime reported in Citrus Grove. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Glendale
The Glendale Police Department polices Citrus Grove; 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 Citrus Grove compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Citrus Grove, 6 have less crime. Woodbury-Glendale and Rossmoyne have the least.
Density, tree cover and walkability in Citrus Grove
Two things set Citrus Grove apart: it has 97% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and tree cover over 2% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and they run high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.97% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 85% 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. 80% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (80 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% 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.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower 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 Citrus Grove
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Citrus Grove about $683 a year per household, 43% 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 $12 million a year, or $793 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 Citrus Grove 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 Citrus Grove, Glendale, CA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 42% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Citrus Grove on SchoolGrade
