Mt Eden is a neighborhood of 8,980 residents in Hayward, about 2 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Mt Eden in Hayward safe?
Crime in Mt Eden is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 78% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Mt Eden. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against D+. Hayward as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mt Eden run from B to C, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 576 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mt Eden as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mt Eden scores 576.
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 Mt Eden, Hayward, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mt Eden in Hayward, 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 Mt Eden
Car thefts run high for a B-graded neighborhood. Mt Eden has 10.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 3.3.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Hayward as a whole, 52% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Mt Eden
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mt Eden has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% more than the US as a whole and 25% less than Hayward 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 Mt Eden, about 38% 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 Hayward
The Hayward Police Department polices Mt Eden; these figures cover Hayward as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 49% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Other places (25%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
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 Mt Eden compares with nearby neighborhoods
Mt Eden has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Glen Eden has less.
Two things set Mt Eden apart: it has 1.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 5.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.5.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 76% 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.C (33 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% 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 Mt Eden
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mt Eden about $1,585 a year per household, 31% 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 $11 million a year, or $1,272 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 Mt Eden 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
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 Mt Eden, Hayward, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 29% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Mt Eden on SchoolGrade
