The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Redondo Beach, CA
Redondo Beach is a city of 78,700 in Los Angeles County, about 16 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Redondo Beach, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Redondo Beach has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Redondo Beach run from A to D, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 719 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Redondo Beach as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Redondo Beach scores 719.
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 Redondo Beach, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Redondo 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 Redondo Beach
Robbery is the exception. Redondo Beach grades A for violent crime, but robbery grades B, worse than in the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live.
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Redondo Beach has 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Redondo Beach
Low crime is the norm across Redondo Beach: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Redondo Beach run from A to D; 3% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
76%21%
A or B 76%C 21%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Redondo Beach, the south side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Redondo Beach?
Reported violent crime in Redondo Beach peaked in 2022 and has fallen 44% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 22% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 21 to 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Redondo BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Redondo Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Redondo Beach
Violent, US
Property, Redondo Beach
Property, US
2016
-2%
+4%
+25%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-3%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
+39%
+6%
-4%
-10%
2022
+79%
+5%
+20%
-6%
2023
+33%
+2%
+20%
-7%
2024
+1%
-4%
+22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Redondo Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Redondo Beach has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Redondo Beach is theft, about 44% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Redondo Beach, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 36% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (75%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (34%)
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 Redondo Beach compares with nearby cities
Redondo Beach has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Density, walkability and parking lots in Redondo Beach
Two things set Redondo Beach apart: it has 80% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (47 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and they run high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.80% 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.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% 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 80% 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.4.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 70% 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 Redondo Beach
Crime costs Redondo Beach about $848 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 30% 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 $61 million a year, or $773 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$22
Rape
$1.1 million
$15
Robbery
$2.3 million
$30
Assault
$5.4 million
$69
Burglary
$2.9 million
$36
Theft
$7.1 million
$90
Vehicle theft
$3.3 million
$42
Arson
$180,000
$2
Vandalism
$4.9 million
$62
Total
$29 million
$368
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 Redondo Beach 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 Redondo Beach, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 66% of students test proficient, against 59% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Redondo Beach on SchoolGrade
