The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lomita, CA
Lomita is a city of 20,300 in Los Angeles County, about 18 miles south of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Lomita, CA safe?
Crime in Lomita is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Lomita. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lomita run from A to C-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 636 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lomita as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lomita scores 636.
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 Lomita, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lomita, 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 Lomita
One weak spot: robbery. It grades C+ in Lomita, worse than in the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
Simple assaults are uncommon. Lomita has simple assaults at less than half the US rate: 3.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lomita
Low crime is the norm across Lomita: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Lomita run from A to C-; 2% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%32%
A or B 68%C 32%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lomita, the southwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Lomita?
Reported violent crime in Lomita peaked in 2021 and has fallen 30% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 38% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.3 to 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
LomitaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lomita. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lomita
Violent, US
Property, Lomita
Property, US
2016
+1%
+4%
+34%
+15%
2017
-18%
+4%
+56%
+12%
2018
-2%
+0%
+22%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
+21%
-8%
2021
+48%
+6%
+34%
-10%
2022
+39%
+5%
+30%
-6%
2023
+23%
+2%
+32%
-7%
2024
+4%
-4%
+38%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lomita
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lomita has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 24% 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 Lomita, about 35% 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 Lomita 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 Lomita compares with nearby cities
Lomita has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Lomita
Two things set Lomita apart: it has 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 64% 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.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% 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
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. 55% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.64% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% 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.4.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lomita on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Lomita
Crime costs Lomita about $877 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 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 $21 million a year, or $1,013 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$680,000
$33
Rape
$220,000
$11
Robbery
$620,000
$31
Assault
$2.1 million
$103
Burglary
$680,000
$33
Theft
$1.1 million
$55
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$54
Arson
$110,000
$5
Vandalism
$740,000
$37
Total
$7.4 million
$362
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 Lomita 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. Lomita 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 Lomita, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 55% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Lomita on SchoolGrade
