The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in East Los Angeles, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	C-
Other Crime Grade	B+

Which crimes are included?

$50.4 million

Cost of Crime™ for East Los Angeles, CA

In 2025, crime will cost $1,684 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of East Los Angeles with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is East Los Angeles, CA Safe?

The C overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where East Los Angeles's combined rate is slightly higher than the norm. East Los Angeles sits in the 44th percentile, ahead of 44% of cities and behind 56%. The grade covers only East Los Angeles's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in East Los Angeles is 26.19 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 33 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 42 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of East Los Angeles, CA report the most crime, about 729 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 17 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in East Los Angeles, CA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in East Los Angeles for 2025 is $50,411,666, about $443 per resident and $1,684 per household. That equals 1.9% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 50.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 38.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.0%

How Much Does Crime Cost in East Los Angeles Compared to Other Cities?

East Los Angeles, CA:	$443
Lodi, CA:	$1387
Rescue, CA:	$213
California:	$491
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in East Los Angeles is $443 per year, which is $21 less than the national average and $47 less than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to East Los Angeles:

In Lodi, CA, crime costs $1,387 per person, which is $944 more than in East Los Angeles.
In Rescue, CA, crime costs $213 per person, which is $230 less than in East Los Angeles

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of East Los Angeles for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to East Los Angeles	Cost per East Los Angeles Resident
Murder	$11.0 million	$97
Rape/Sexual Assault	$3.40 million	$30
Robbery	$3.46 million	$30
Assault	$9.70 million	$85
Kidnapping	$786,972	$7
Vehicle Theft	$10.3 million	$91
Burglary	$2.31 million	$20
Theft	$4.98 million	$44
Arson	$472,768	$4
Vandalism	$2.48 million	$22
Animal Cruelty	$13,176	$0
Drug Crimes	$1.31 million	$11
Identity Theft	$222,737	$2
Total Cost of Crime	$50,411,666	$443

The Intangible Cost of Crime in East Los Angeles, CA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in East Los Angeles totals $93,486,485 ($822 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $143,898,151 ($1,265 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which East Los Angeles has 4, do the same, and of East Los Angeles's 113,747 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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East Los Angeles Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 East Los Angeles residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	2.969
Robbery	0.9663
Rape	0.4926
Murder	0.0514
Total Violent Crime	4.479 (D+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	8.462
Vehicle Theft	5.848
Burglary	2.239
Arson	0.1721
Total Property Crime	16.72 (C-)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1141
Drug Crimes	1.553
Vandalism	3.050
Identity Theft	0.2530
Animal Cruelty	0.0157
Total "Other" Rate	4.986 (B+)

Individual East Los Angeles Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in East Los Angeles is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to East Los Angeles.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Commerce, CA	F	F	F
Monterey Park, CA	C	D+	D+
Vernon, CA	F	F	F
Maywood, CA	C-	D	D
Montebello, CA	C-	C-	D
Bell, CA	C	D+	D+
Alhambra, CA	C-	D+	D+
Bell Gardens, CA	C	D	C-
Huntington Park, CA	D	D-	D-
Cudahy, CA	C	D	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

East Los Angeles is similar versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Merced, CA	D+	D	D
Mesa, AZ	C	C-	C-
Moreno Valley, CA	C-	D+	D+
Miramar, FL	A-	B-	B-
Midland, TX	D-	D	D
Missouri City, TX	D+	D+	D+
Midlothian, VA	C+	A	A
Milpitas, CA	B-	D-	D-
Miami, FL	B	C+	C+
Mooresville, NC	C	B	B

Considering only the crime rate, East Los Angeles is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in East Los Angeles, CA average SchoolGrade of D, with 25% actual proficiency versus 27% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See East Los Angeles schools on SchoolGrade

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