The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Del Aire, CA
Del Aire is an unincorporated community of 10,700 in Los Angeles County, about 12 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Del Aire, CA safe?
Del Aire has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against D-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Del Aire run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 479 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Del Aire as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Del Aire scores 479.
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 Del Aire, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Del Aire, 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 Del Aire
Theft is a strength. Del Aire grades D- for property crime, but theft grades B+.
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Del Aire has 9.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Del Aire
Areas graded C are home to 72% of residents in Del Aire; 0% live in areas graded A or B and 28% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Del Aire run from C+ to F; every part of Del Aire has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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C 72%D or F 28%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Del Aire, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Del Aire
CrimeGrade™ estimates Del Aire has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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 Del Aire is vehicle theft, about 27% 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.
How Del Aire compares with nearby cities
Del Aire has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Density, night lighting and walkability in Del Aire
Two things set Del Aire apart: it has 80% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 5.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more robbery and car theft, and car theft runs 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.80% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
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
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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 88% 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 Del Aire: C- (28 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% 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 Del Aire
Crime costs Del Aire about $1,536 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 27% 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 $16 million a year, or $1,462 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$780,000
$73
Rape
$160,000
$15
Robbery
$240,000
$22
Assault
$1.4 million
$133
Burglary
$350,000
$33
Theft
$480,000
$45
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$151
Arson
$40,000
$4
Vandalism
$340,000
$31
Total
$5.4 million
$506
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 Del Aire 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 Del Aire, CA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 40% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Del Aire on SchoolGrade
