Orinda Village is a city of 207 in Alameda County, about 13 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
Is Orinda Village, CA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Orinda Village: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 925 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Orinda Village as a whole, and 24% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Orinda Village scores 925.
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 Orinda Village, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Orinda Village, 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
Crime rates and types in Orinda Village
CrimeGrade™ estimates Orinda Village has about 57 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 53% more than the US as a whole and 43% more 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 Orinda Village, about 40% of everything reported.
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.
How Orinda Village compares with nearby cities
Orinda Village has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Orinda Village about $1,638 a year per household, 36% 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 $290,000 a year, or $1,397 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$17,000
$83
Rape
$2,900
$14
Robbery
$6,300
$31
Assault
$15,000
$71
Burglary
$10,000
$49
Theft
$24,000
$115
Vehicle theft
$24,000
$118
Arson
$2,200
$11
Vandalism
$21,000
$100
Total
$120,000
$592
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 Orinda Village 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. Orinda Village is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
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 Orinda Village, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 56% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Orinda Village on SchoolGrade
