The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Temple City, CA
Temple City is a city of 37,400 in Los Angeles County, about 11 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Temple City, CA safe?
Crime in Temple City is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Temple City. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Temple City run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 722 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Temple City as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Temple City scores 722.
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 Temple City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Temple City, 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 Temple City
Burglary is the exception. Temple City grades B for property crime, but burglary grades C+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live.
Car thefts and thefts both run low. In Temple City, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.92 car thefts and 5.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Temple City
Low crime is the norm across Temple City: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Temple City run from A- to C+; every part of Temple City has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Temple City, the center has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Temple City?
Reported crime in Temple City has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 21% and property crime up 11%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.3 to 10 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Temple CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Temple City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Temple City
Violent, US
Property, Temple City
Property, US
2016
-24%
+4%
+73%
+15%
2017
-16%
+4%
+65%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
+42%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
+0%
+6%
+20%
-10%
2022
+11%
+5%
+58%
-6%
2023
+19%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
+21%
-4%
+11%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Temple City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Temple City has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 50% less than the US as a whole and 53% 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 is the most common crime in Temple City, about 30% 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.
The Temple City Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Temple City compares with nearby cities
Temple City has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Temple City
Two things set Temple City apart: it has 0.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 98% of US city residents
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 92% 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. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% 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 Temple City
Crime costs Temple City about $804 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 33% 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 $36 million a year, or $950 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.5 million
$68
Rape
$610,000
$16
Robbery
$880,000
$24
Assault
$2.0 million
$53
Burglary
$1.5 million
$39
Theft
$1.1 million
$29
Vehicle theft
$530,000
$14
Arson
$80,000
$2
Vandalism
$850,000
$23
Total
$10 million
$268
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 Temple City 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. Temple City is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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
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 Temple City, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 52% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Temple City on SchoolGrade
