The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in El Portal, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in El Portal

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for El Portal. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

El Portal, CA Map of Crime Rates
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D+

Overall Crime Grade™

F
A-
Other Crime Grade
A-

$613,477

Cost of Crime™ for El Portal, CA

In 2025, crime will cost $1,586 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of El Portal 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 El Portal, CA Safe?

The D+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where El Portal's combined rate is higher than the norm. El Portal sits in the 27th percentile, ahead of 27% of cities and behind 73%. The grade covers only El Portal's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in El Portal is 33.20 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 27 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 31 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of El Portal, CA report the most crime, about 9 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in El Portal, CA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in El Portal for 2025 is $613,477, about $1,092 per resident and $1,586 per household. That equals 2.6% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 45.8%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 41.4%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.7%

How Much Does Crime Cost in El Portal Compared to Other Cities?

El Portal, CA: $1092
Lodi, CA: $1387
Rescue, CA: $213
California: $491
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in El Portal is $1,092 per year, which is $627 more than the national average and $601 more than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to El Portal:
  • In Lodi, CA, crime costs $1,387 per person, which is $296 more than in El Portal.
  • In Rescue, CA, crime costs $213 per person, which is $878 less than in El Portal

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of El Portal for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to El Portal
Cost per El Portal Resident
Murder
$173,929
$309
Rape/Sexual Assault
$16,196
$29
Robbery
$79,680
$142
Assault
$277,574
$494
Kidnapping
$15,768
$28
Vehicle Theft
$13,805
$25
Burglary
$10,039
$18
Theft
$9,130
$16
Arson
$2,903
$5
Vandalism
$3,224
$6
Animal Cruelty
$95
$0
Drug Crimes
$9,419
$17
Identity Theft
$1,713
$3
Total Cost of Crime
$613,477
$1,092

The Intangible Cost of Crime in El Portal, 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 El Portal totals $1,347,089 ($2,397 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,960,566 ($3,489 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 city holds few 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 do the same, and of El Portal's 562 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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El Portal 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 El Portal residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
17.20
Robbery
4.507
Rape
0.4753
Murder
0.1647
Total Violent Crime
22.35 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
3.137
Vehicle Theft
1.586
Burglary
1.969
Arson
0.2139
Total Property Crime
6.907 (A-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.4627
Drug Crimes
2.266
Vandalism
0.8031
Identity Theft
0.3937
Animal Cruelty
0.0228
Total "Other" Rate
3.948 (A-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
F
D
C-
D
D+
F
F
F
D
F
B-
D
F
D
F
F
F
F
F
F
C-
D
D+
D
D+
D-
D+
D
D

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

El Portal is higher 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
D-
F
F
B+
A+
A+
C-
D+
D+
C-
C-
C-
A
B
B
B
A-
A-
D-
D-
D-
C+
B-
B-
A+
A
A
A-
B+
B+

Considering only the crime rate, El Portal is as safe as the California state average and as safe as the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in El Portal, CA average SchoolGrade of D+, with 28% actual proficiency versus 27% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See El Portal schools on SchoolGrade

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