The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Santa Clarita, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics

C+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	C+
Property Crime Grade	C-
Other Crime Grade	A-

Which crimes are included?

$28.6 million

Cost of Crime™ for Santa Clarita, CA

In 2025, crime will cost $996 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Santa Clarita with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Santa Clarita, CA Safe?

The C+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Santa Clarita's combined rate is about the same as the norm. Santa Clarita sits in the 51st percentile, ahead of 51% of cities and behind 49%. The grade covers only Santa Clarita's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Santa Clarita is 23.56 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 28 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 70 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Santa Clarita, CA report the most crime, about 623 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Santa Clarita, CA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Santa Clarita for 2025 is $28,597,789, about $329 per resident and $996 per household. That equals 0.6% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 56.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 32.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.4%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Santa Clarita Compared to Other Cities?

Santa Clarita, CA:	$329
Lodi, CA:	$1387
Rescue, CA:	$213
California:	$491
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Santa Clarita is $329 per year, which is $135 less than the national average and $162 less than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Santa Clarita:

In Lodi, CA, crime costs $1,387 per person, which is $1,058 more than in Santa Clarita.
In Rescue, CA, crime costs $213 per person, which is $116 less than in Santa Clarita

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Santa Clarita for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Santa Clarita	Cost per Santa Clarita Resident
Murder	$5.30 million	$61
Rape/Sexual Assault	$2.75 million	$32
Robbery	$2.24 million	$26
Assault	$3.56 million	$41
Kidnapping	$616,982	$7
Vehicle Theft	$4.05 million	$47
Burglary	$2.32 million	$27
Theft	$4.70 million	$54
Arson	$526,750	$6
Vandalism	$1.13 million	$13
Animal Cruelty	$11,325	$0
Drug Crimes	$1.27 million	$15
Identity Theft	$127,727	$1
Total Cost of Crime	$28,597,789	$329

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Santa Clarita, CA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Santa Clarita totals $50,503,150 ($581 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $79,100,940 ($910 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The southwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Santa Clarita has 1, do the same, and of Santa Clarita's 86,922 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Santa Clarita Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Santa Clarita residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.426
Robbery	0.8196
Rape	0.5218
Murder	0.0324
Total Violent Crime	2.800 (C+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	10.44
Vehicle Theft	3.009
Burglary	2.943
Arson	0.2509
Total Property Crime	16.64 (C-)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1171
Drug Crimes	1.972
Vandalism	1.819
Identity Theft	0.1899
Animal Cruelty	0.0176
Total "Other" Rate	4.115 (A-)

Individual Santa Clarita Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Santa Clarita is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Santa Clarita.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Valencia, CA	D	D+	D-
Canyon Country, CA	B-	C	C-
Newhall, CA	C	C-	D+
Stevenson Ranch, CA	C+	C+	C-
Castaic, CA	C-	D+	D+
Sylmar, CA	C+	C	C-
Agua Dulce, CA	C+	C-	C
Piru, CA	C	D+	C-
Buckhorn, CA	C-	D	D+
Acton, CA	C	C	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Santa Clarita is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Yuma, AZ	C-	D+	D+
Youngstown, OH	D	D	D
Woodbury, MN	B-	A-	A-
Ypsilanti, MI	C	D	D
Woodstock, GA	C	B+	B+
Yuba City, CA	C-	D+	D+
Yukon, OK	B-	B	B
Worcester, MA	B+	C+	C+
Yakima, WA	D	C-	C-
Wyoming, MI	C-	D-	D-

Considering only the crime rate, Santa Clarita is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Santa Clarita, CA average SchoolGrade of C, with 35% actual proficiency versus 39% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Santa Clarita schools on SchoolGrade

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