The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Duarte, CA
Duarte is a city of 26,700 in Los Angeles County, about 17 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Duarte, CA safe?
Crime in Duarte is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Duarte. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Duarte run from A to D+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 719 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Duarte as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Duarte scores 719.
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 Duarte, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Duarte, 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 Duarte
Theft is a strength. Duarte grades B- for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live.
Simple assaults are uncommon. Duarte has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Duarte
Low crime is the norm across Duarte: 83% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 13% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Duarte run from A to D+; 14% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
83%13%
A or B 83%C 4%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Duarte, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Duarte?
Reported violent crime in Duarte peaked in 2021 and has fallen 24% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 14% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
DuarteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Duarte. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Duarte
Violent, US
Property, Duarte
Property, US
2016
+28%
+4%
+19%
+15%
2017
+14%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
+12%
+0%
+30%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
+11%
-8%
2021
+28%
+6%
+27%
-10%
2022
+19%
+5%
+19%
-6%
2023
-4%
+2%
-0%
-7%
2024
-3%
-4%
-14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Duarte
CrimeGrade™ estimates Duarte has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 44% less 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.
Theft makes up about 30% of crime reported in Duarte. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far 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.
How Duarte compares with nearby cities
Duarte has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Sierra Madre and Arcadia have less.
Two things set Duarte apart: it has 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 65% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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.65% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 89% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% 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 Duarte: D+ (24 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Duarte on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Duarte
Crime costs Duarte about $993 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 18% 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 $24 million a year, or $913 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.3 million
$50
Rape
$350,000
$13
Robbery
$1.1 million
$40
Assault
$1.6 million
$60
Burglary
$650,000
$24
Theft
$920,000
$34
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$50
Arson
$64,000
$2
Vandalism
$790,000
$30
Total
$8.1 million
$305
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 Duarte 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. Duarte is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Duarte, CA average a SchoolGrade of B: 37% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Duarte on SchoolGrade
