The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in La Puente, CA
La Puente is a city of 37,700 in Los Angeles County, about 17 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is La Puente, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, La Puente has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within La Puente run from B to D+, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 561 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than La Puente as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. La Puente scores 561.
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 Puente, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in La Puente, 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 Puente
Theft is a strength. La Puente grades C for property crime, but theft grades B+.
Simple assault runs low. La Puente has 2.7 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of La Puente
Areas graded C are home to 58% of residents in La Puente; 42% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Grades across La Puente run from B to D+; every part of La Puente has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
42%58%
A or B 42%C 58%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within La Puente, the northeast side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in La Puente?
Since 2019, reported property crime in La Puente is up 12%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 4.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
La PuenteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves La Puente. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, La Puente
Violent, US
Property, La Puente
Property, US
2016
-14%
+4%
+22%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
+7%
+0%
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
-3%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
-17%
+5%
+3%
-6%
2023
-6%
+2%
+18%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
+12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in La Puente
CrimeGrade™ estimates La Puente has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 34% 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 La Puente, about 24% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does far 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.
The La Puente 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 Puente compares with nearby cities
La Puente has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Parking lots, density and walkability in La Puente
Two things set La Puente apart: it has 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 81% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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.81% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of US city residents
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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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.18 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 89% 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.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 80% 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 Puente
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs La Puente about $1,567 a year per household, 30% 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 $55 million a year, or $1,472 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.7 million
$99
Rape
$490,000
$13
Robbery
$1.1 million
$30
Assault
$3.9 million
$103
Burglary
$1.1 million
$29
Theft
$1.2 million
$33
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$54
Arson
$150,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$43
Total
$15 million
$407
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 Puente 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 Puente 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 Puente, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 34% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in La Puente on SchoolGrade
