Crescent Park is a neighborhood of 3,770 residents in Palo Alto, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Crescent Park in Palo Alto safe?
Yes, crime in Crescent Park is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Crescent Park sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 46% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Palo Alto as a whole grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 816 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Crescent Park as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Crescent Park scores 816.
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 Crescent Park, Palo Alto, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Crescent Park in Palo Alto, 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 Crescent Park
Thefts from cars happen in the evening far more often than nationally. In Palo Alto as a whole, 61% of reported thefts from cars happen in the evening (6 pm to midnight), against 32% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Crescent Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Crescent Park has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 47% less than Palo Alto 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 Crescent Park is theft, about 60% 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 Palo Alto
The Palo Alto Police Department polices Crescent Park; these figures cover Palo Alto as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Palo Alto as a whole, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (25%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (29%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Crescent Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Crescent Park, 6 have less crime. Downtown Menlo Park and Ventura have the least.
Two things set Crescent Park apart: it has 15% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.15% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Crescent Park: C- (27 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 83% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% 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 80% 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 Crescent Park
Crime costs Crescent Park about $480 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 60% 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 $1.7 million a year, or $444 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 Crescent Park 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 Crescent Park, Palo Alto, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 74% of students test proficient, against 63% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Crescent Park on SchoolGrade
