Los Cerritos is a neighborhood of 6,750 residents in Long Beach, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Los Cerritos in Long Beach safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Los Cerritos has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 78% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against D+. Long Beach as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Los Cerritos run from B to D-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 577 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Los Cerritos as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Los Cerritos scores 577.
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 Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Los Cerritos in Long Beach, 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 Los Cerritos
Burglary stands out among B-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 2.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Los Cerritos has 7.5.
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Long Beach as a whole, 92% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Los Cerritos
CrimeGrade™ estimates Los Cerritos has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% more than the US as a whole and 19% less than Long Beach as a whole.
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 Los Cerritos, about 30% of everything reported, but vehicle theft 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 Long Beach
The Long Beach Police Department polices Los Cerritos; these figures cover Long Beach as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Long Beach as a whole, 38% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 57% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (92%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
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 Los Cerritos compares with nearby neighborhoods
Los Cerritos has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Lakewood Village has less.
Two things set Los Cerritos apart: it has 4.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 69 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.69 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Los Cerritos
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Los Cerritos about $1,701 a year per household, 41% 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 $9.0 million a year, or $1,332 per resident.
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 Los Cerritos 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 Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA average a SchoolGrade of B: 39% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Los Cerritos on SchoolGrade
