The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Rowland Heights, CA
Rowland Heights is an unincorporated community of 45,900 in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Rowland Heights, CA safe?
Crime in Rowland Heights is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Rowland Heights. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rowland Heights run from A to D+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 716 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rowland Heights as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rowland Heights scores 716.
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 Rowland Heights, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rowland Heights, 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 Rowland Heights
Vehicle theft stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Rowland Heights has 5.5.
Theft is a strength. Rowland Heights grades C+ for property crime, but theft grades B+.
The safest and least safe parts of Rowland Heights
Most of Rowland Heights grades well: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Rowland Heights run from A to D+; 6% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
76%20%
A or B 76%C 20%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Rowland Heights, the southeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Rowland Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rowland Heights has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 17% 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 makes up about 36% of crime reported in Rowland Heights. Assault is less common but 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.
How Rowland Heights compares with nearby cities
Rowland Heights has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rowland Heights. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Rowland Heights has more crime than 80% of them.
Shops, empty homes and walkability in Rowland Heights
Two things set Rowland Heights apart: it has 15.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% 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.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Rowland Heights: D+ (20 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.39% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% 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 Rowland Heights
Crime costs Rowland Heights about $1,212 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $49 million a year, or $1,066 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.3 million
$50
Rape
$640,000
$14
Robbery
$1.1 million
$24
Assault
$4.1 million
$88
Burglary
$2.0 million
$44
Theft
$2.8 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$3.9 million
$85
Arson
$120,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$26
Total
$18 million
$395
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 Rowland Heights 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 Rowland Heights, CA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 48% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Rowland Heights on SchoolGrade
