The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in El Segundo, CA
El Segundo is a city of 16,800 in Los Angeles County, about 13 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is El Segundo, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in El Segundo is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so El Segundo sits near the middle: 43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within El Segundo run from A- to B-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 802 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than El Segundo as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. El Segundo scores 802.
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 Segundo, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in El Segundo, 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 Segundo
Burglary is the exception. El Segundo grades B for property crime, but burglary grades F, worse than in the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live.
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In El Segundo, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.7 car thefts and 32.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of El Segundo
Every part of El Segundo where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across El Segundo run from A- to B-; every part of El Segundo has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within El Segundo, the east side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in El Segundo?
Reported violent crime in El Segundo peaked in 2021 and has fallen 32% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 41% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 5.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 38 to 53 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
El SegundoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves El Segundo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, El Segundo
Violent, US
Property, El Segundo
Property, US
2016
-37%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
-52%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
-25%
+0%
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+33%
+4%
+19%
-8%
2021
+47%
+6%
+32%
-10%
2022
+43%
+5%
+47%
-6%
2023
-9%
+2%
+72%
-7%
2024
+1%
-4%
+41%
-15%
Crime rates and types in El Segundo
CrimeGrade™ estimates El Segundo has about 69 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 86% more than the US as a whole and 74% more 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 is the most common crime in El Segundo, about 47% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
Where and when crime happens in El Segundo
El Segundo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In El Segundo, 29% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 29% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (29%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (70%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How El Segundo compares with nearby cities
El Segundo has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Playa Del Rey and Manhattan Beach have less.
Two things set El Segundo apart: it has 456 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 31.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.456 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.31.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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.B- (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.76% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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 Segundo
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs El Segundo about $1,607 a year per household, 33% 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 $28 million a year, or $1,684 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$60
Rape
$270,000
$16
Robbery
$790,000
$47
Assault
$2.5 million
$151
Burglary
$1.9 million
$115
Theft
$2.8 million
$165
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$102
Arson
$140,000
$9
Vandalism
$670,000
$40
Total
$12 million
$705
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 Segundo 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 Segundo, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 51% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in El Segundo on SchoolGrade
