The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tustin, CA
Tustin is a city of 89,700 in Orange County, about 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Tustin, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Tustin is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Tustin sits near the middle: 44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tustin run from A to C-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 808 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tustin as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tustin scores 808.
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 Tustin, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tustin, 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 Tustin
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Tustin has 0.92 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13.
Car thefts run high in Lyon Street. In this part of west Tustin, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Tustin.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Tustin
Low crime is the norm across Tustin: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Tustin run from A to C-; 27% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
82%18%
A or B 82%C 18%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lower Peters Canyon, eastBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Tustin.A861
3Lyon Street, westThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Tustin.B622
Neighborhood areas of Tustin, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Tustin?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Tustin is up 17% and property crime is down 22%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 27 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15% and property crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
TustinUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Tustin. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tustin
Violent, US
Property, Tustin
Property, US
2016
-16%
+4%
-16%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
-9%
+12%
2018
-14%
+0%
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
+31%
+6%
-33%
-10%
2022
+84%
+5%
-6%
-6%
2023
+38%
+2%
-9%
-7%
2024
+17%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tustin
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tustin has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Tustin, about 48% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Tustin
Tustin has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Tustin, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (48%)
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 Tustin compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Tustin, 5 have less crime. Irvine and Villa Park have the least.
Two things set Tustin apart: it has 93 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 15.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.93 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% 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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% 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.64% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% 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.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Tustin on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Tustin
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Tustin about $968 a year per household, 20% 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 $72 million a year, or $799 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.1 million
$34
Rape
$910,000
$10
Robbery
$2.6 million
$29
Aggravated assault
$3.6 million
$40
Simple assault
$3.8 million
$42
Burglary
$1.8 million
$20
Theft
$7.7 million
$86
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$30
Arson
$260,000
$3
Vandalism
$3.4 million
$38
Total
$30 million
$332
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 Tustin 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 Tustin, CA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 51% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Tustin on SchoolGrade
