El Rancho is a neighborhood of 51,800 residents in Pico Rivera, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is El Rancho in Pico Rivera safe?
Crime in El Rancho is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than El Rancho. Violent crime grades B and property crime C-. Pico Rivera as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within El Rancho run from B+ to D-, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 515 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than El Rancho as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. El Rancho scores 515.
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 El Rancho, Pico Rivera, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in El Rancho in Pico Rivera, 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 El Rancho
Robberies run high. El Rancho has robberies at about triple the US rate: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of El Rancho
Areas graded C are home to 59% of residents in El Rancho; 24% live in areas graded A or B and 17% in areas graded D or F. Grades across El Rancho run from B+ to D-; every part of El Rancho has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
24%59%17%
A or B 24%C 59%D or F 17%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is crime going up in Pico Rivera?
Reported crime in Pico Rivera as a whole has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 22% and property crime up 17%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.8 to 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Pico RiveraUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Pico Rivera. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pico Rivera
Violent, US
Property, Pico Rivera
Property, US
2016
-8%
+4%
+50%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+34%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-26%
+4%
+11%
-8%
2021
+7%
+6%
+17%
-10%
2022
+29%
+5%
+40%
-6%
2023
+32%
+2%
+46%
-7%
2024
+22%
-4%
+17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in El Rancho
CrimeGrade™ estimates El Rancho has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Pico Rivera as a whole.
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 is the most common crime in El Rancho, about 33% of everything reported.
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 El Rancho compares with nearby neighborhoods
El Rancho has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set El Rancho apart: it has 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.2 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 El Rancho: C- (28 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 52% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 El Rancho
Crime costs El Rancho about $1,818 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 51% 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 $84 million a year, or $1,629 per resident.
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 El Rancho 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 El Rancho, Pico Rivera, CA average a SchoolGrade of B-: 36% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in El Rancho on SchoolGrade
