The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Glendora, CA
Glendora is a city of 51,600 in Los Angeles County, about 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Glendora, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Glendora is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Glendora 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 Glendora run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 797 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glendora as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glendora scores 797.
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 Glendora, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Glendora, 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 Glendora
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Glendora has 0.47 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Glendora, 52% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Glendora
Every part of Glendora where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Glendora run from A+ to B-; 29% of residents live in areas with less 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 Glendora, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Glendora?
Reported crime in Glendora has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 45% and property crime down 33%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.1 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 31%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GlendoraUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Glendora. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glendora
Violent, US
Property, Glendora
Property, US
2016
-55%
+4%
-10%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
+1%
+12%
2018
-22%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-36%
+4%
-22%
-8%
2021
-18%
+6%
-29%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-22%
-6%
2023
-21%
+2%
-29%
-7%
2024
-45%
-4%
-33%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Glendora
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glendora has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 17% less 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 Glendora, about 42% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Glendora
Glendora has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (23%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
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 Glendora compares with nearby cities
Glendora has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities; only La Verne has less.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Glendora
Two things set Glendora apart: it has 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 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.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 82% 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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of US city residents
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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 Glendora: D+ (22 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 66% 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.23% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% 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 Glendora
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Glendora about $885 a year per household, 27% less 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 $38 million a year, or $742 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$30
Rape
$560,000
$11
Robbery
$750,000
$15
Assault
$4.7 million
$90
Burglary
$1.6 million
$31
Theft
$3.7 million
$71
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$26
Arson
$200,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.8 million
$35
Total
$16 million
$313
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 Glendora 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 Glendora, CA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 44% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Glendora on SchoolGrade
