The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in La Canada Flintridge, CA
La Canada Flintridge is a city of 19,100 in Los Angeles County, about 11 miles north of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is La Canada Flintridge, CA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in La Canada Flintridge: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 879 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than La Canada Flintridge as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. La Canada Flintridge scores 879.
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 La Canada Flintridge, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in La Canada Flintridge, 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 La Canada Flintridge
One weak spot: burglary. It grades C+ in La Canada Flintridge, worse than in the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live, against A- for property crime as a whole.
Simple assaults are uncommon. La Canada Flintridge has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of La Canada Flintridge
Every part of La Canada Flintridge where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across La Canada Flintridge run from A to A-; 90% 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 La Canada Flintridge, the north side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in La Canada Flintridge?
Reported property crime in La Canada Flintridge has held about steady since 2019, within 8%. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 16 to 15 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 21%.
Property crime, change since 2019
La Canada FlintridgeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves La Canada Flintridge. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, La Canada Flintridge
Property, US
2016
-8%
+15%
2017
-13%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
-8%
2021
+2%
-10%
2022
+11%
-6%
2023
+17%
-7%
2024
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in La Canada Flintridge
CrimeGrade™ estimates La Canada Flintridge has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 46% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in La Canada Flintridge is theft, about 43% of the total. It also makes up 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.
The La Canada Flintridge Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How La Canada Flintridge compares with nearby cities
La Canada Flintridge has the least crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from La Canada Flintridge. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, La Canada Flintridge has more crime than 68% of them.
Density, walkability and shops in La Canada Flintridge
Two things set La Canada Flintridge apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 76% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 71% 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 La Canada Flintridge
Crime costs La Canada Flintridge about $612 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 49% 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 $9.5 million a year, or $497 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$18
Rape
$150,000
$8
Robbery
$240,000
$13
Assault
$830,000
$44
Burglary
$870,000
$45
Theft
$900,000
$47
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$11
Arson
$49,000
$3
Vandalism
$390,000
$20
Total
$4.0 million
$209
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 La Canada Flintridge 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. La Canada Flintridge is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 La Canada Flintridge, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 55% of students test proficient, against 53% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in La Canada Flintridge on SchoolGrade
