The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Culver City, CA
Culver City is a city of 54,200 in Los Angeles County, about 10 miles west of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Culver City, CA safe?
Crime in Culver City is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Culver City. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Culver City run from A- to D, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 687 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
30% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Culver City as a whole, and 70% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Culver City scores 687.
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 Culver City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Culver City, 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 Culver City
One part of Culver City stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Clarkdale, in northwest Culver City, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Robberies run high. Culver City has robberies at more than triple the US rate: 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Culver City
Most of Culver City grades well: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Culver City run from A- to D; every part of Culver City has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%21%11%
A or B 68%C 21%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Fox Hills, southeastRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Culver City.A-826
2Jefferson & Blanco-Culver Crest, eastCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Culver City.A-797
3Palms, Washington Culver & Park East, northCar thefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Culver City.B688
4Park West-Los Angeles, centralThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Culver City.B679
5Lucerne-Higuera, northeastRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Culver City.B-595
6Playa Vista, southwestThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Culver City.B-572
7Clarkdale, northwestThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Culver City.C+499
Neighborhood areas of Culver City, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Culver City?
Reported crime in Culver City has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 37% and property crime up 33%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.8 to 6.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 43 to 57 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Culver CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Culver City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Culver City
Violent, US
Property, Culver City
Property, US
2016
+15%
+4%
+23%
+15%
2017
-0%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
+3%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+44%
+6%
+3%
-10%
2022
+56%
+5%
+29%
-6%
2023
+64%
+2%
+55%
-7%
2024
+37%
-4%
+33%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Culver City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Culver City has about 68 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 83% more than the US as a whole and 71% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Culver City is theft, about 56% 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 Culver City
Culver City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Culver City, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 39% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (35%)
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 Culver City compares with nearby cities
Culver City has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Playa Del Rey and Beverly Hills have less.
Two things set Culver City apart: it has 173 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 26.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.173 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.26.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 92% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.73% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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 Culver City: C (35 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% 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 Culver City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Culver City about $1,577 a year per household, 31% more 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 $84 million a year, or $1,558 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$50
Rape
$970,000
$18
Robbery
$4.1 million
$76
Assault
$7.8 million
$144
Burglary
$2.6 million
$48
Theft
$11 million
$196
Vehicle theft
$4.0 million
$75
Arson
$470,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.5 million
$46
Total
$36 million
$661
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 Culver City 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 Culver City, CA average a SchoolGrade of B-: 39% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Culver City on SchoolGrade
