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

D+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	B

Which crimes are included?

$24.0 million

Cost of Crime™ for Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

In 2025, crime will cost $1,802 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Echo Park 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 Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA Safe?

The D+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Echo Park's combined rate is higher than the norm. Echo Park sits in the 26th percentile, ahead of 26% of neighborhoods and behind 74%. The grade covers only Echo Park's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Echo Park is 52.63 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 17 in the southeast areas to 1 in 28 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA report the most crime, about 319 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 44 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Echo Park for 2025 is $24,003,420, about $760 per resident and $1,802 per household. That equals 1.5% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 52.3%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 37.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.2%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Echo Park Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA:	$760
New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA:	$1496
El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir:	$200
California:	$491
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Echo Park is $760 per year, which is $295 more than the national average and $269 more than Los Angeles's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Echo Park:

In New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, crime costs $1,496 per person, which is $736 more than in Echo Park.
In El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir, crime costs $200 per person, which is $560 less than in Echo Park

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

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

Crime	Cost to Echo Park	Cost per Echo Park Resident
Murder	$5.36 million	$170
Rape/Sexual Assault	$942,044	$30
Robbery	$1.21 million	$38
Assault	$5.31 million	$168
Kidnapping	$214,353	$7
Vehicle Theft	$3.78 million	$120
Burglary	$1.22 million	$39
Theft	$4.28 million	$135
Arson	$191,596	$6
Vandalism	$899,953	$28
Animal Cruelty	$3,645	$0
Drug Crimes	$485,077	$15
Identity Theft	$101,462	$3
Total Cost of Crime	$24,003,420	$760

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Echo Park, 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 Echo Park totals $42,053,496 ($1,331 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $66,056,916 ($2,090 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 west part of the neighborhood 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 Echo Park has 6, do the same, and of Echo Park's 31,599 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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Echo Park 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 Echo Park residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	5.855
Robbery	1.216
Rape	0.4917
Murder	0.0903
Total Violent Crime	7.653 (D)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	26.14
Vehicle Theft	7.733
Burglary	4.253
Arson	0.2511
Total Property Crime	38.38 (D)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1119
Drug Crimes	2.075
Vandalism	3.987
Identity Theft	0.4148
Animal Cruelty	0.0156
Total "Other" Rate	6.604 (B)

Individual Echo Park Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Echo Park is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Echo Park.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA	D	D	D-
Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA	F	F	F
Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA	D	D-	D-
Cypress Park, Los Angeles, CA	C+	D+	C
Civic Center Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA	F	F	F
New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	F	F	F
Westlake, Los Angeles, CA	D	F	D-
Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA	D+	D-	D
Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	F	F	F
Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, CA	C+	D+	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Echo Park is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bayview, San Francisco, CA	D+	D	D
Active Bethel, Eugene, OR	D+	B	B
Millard, Omaha, NE	A	A	A
East Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV	C-	C	C
The Colony, Anaheim, CA	B+	C-	C-
Far South, Fort Worth, TX	A-	B+	B+
Southwest, Reno, NV	D-	D+	D+
Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA	A-	B+	B+
Westwood, Cincinnati, OH	C-	C	C
Riverdale, Bronx, NY	A-	A-	A-

Considering only the crime rate, Echo Park is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA average SchoolGrade of B+, with 50% actual proficiency versus 31% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Echo Park schools on SchoolGrade

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