The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in La Habra, CA
La Habra is a city of 63,600 in Orange County, about 19 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is La Habra, CA safe?
Crime in La Habra is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than La Habra. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within La Habra run from A to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 713 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than La Habra as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. La Habra scores 713.
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 Habra, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in La Habra, 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 Habra
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In La Habra, 53% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of La Habra
Most of La Habra grades well: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across La Habra run from A to C; 3% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within La Habra, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in La Habra?
Reported crime in La Habra has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 59% and property crime up 18%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.2 to 3.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
La HabraUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves La Habra. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, La Habra
Violent, US
Property, La Habra
Property, US
2016
-28%
+4%
+19%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-21%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
+39%
+6%
+10%
-10%
2022
+89%
+5%
+12%
-6%
2023
+42%
+2%
+15%
-7%
2024
+59%
-4%
+18%
-15%
Crime rates and types in La Habra
CrimeGrade™ estimates La Habra has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 La Habra, about 48% 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 La Habra
La Habra 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 (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (39%)
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 La Habra compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to La Habra, 6 have less crime. La Habra Heights and Brea have the least.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in La Habra
Two things set La Habra apart: it has 2.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.5 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.
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
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% 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. 53% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% 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.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% 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.58% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 74% 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 Habra
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs La Habra about $1,120 a year per household, 7% 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 $64 million a year, or $1,003 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.9 million
$30
Rape
$1.8 million
$29
Robbery
$1.7 million
$26
Assault
$6.6 million
$104
Burglary
$1.1 million
$17
Theft
$5.4 million
$85
Vehicle theft
$2.3 million
$36
Arson
$160,000
$3
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$35
Total
$23 million
$365
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 Habra 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 La Habra, CA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 44% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in La Habra on SchoolGrade
