The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Walnut, CA
Walnut is a city of 29,000 in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Walnut, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Walnut is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Walnut sits near the middle: 46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 817 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Walnut as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Walnut scores 817.
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 Walnut, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Walnut, 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 Walnut
One weak spot: burglary. It grades F in Walnut, worse than in the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live, against B+ for property crime as a whole.
Simple assaults are uncommon. Walnut has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Walnut
Every part of Walnut where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Walnut run from A to B+; 25% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Walnut, the north side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Walnut?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Walnut is up 42%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WalnutUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Walnut. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Walnut
Violent, US
Property, Walnut
Property, US
2016
-34%
+4%
+32%
+15%
2017
+12%
+4%
+24%
+12%
2018
-42%
+0%
+24%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
-12%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
+5%
-10%
2022
-0%
+5%
+22%
-6%
2023
+23%
+2%
+21%
-7%
2024
-2%
-4%
+42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Walnut
CrimeGrade™ estimates Walnut has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% less than the US as a whole and 33% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Walnut is burglary, about 33% 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.
The Walnut 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 Walnut compares with nearby cities
Walnut has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Diamond Bar has less.
Two things set Walnut apart: it has 6 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
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
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 Walnut: D+ (22 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% 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.4.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.48 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Walnut 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 Walnut
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Walnut about $884 a year per household, 27% 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 $21 million a year, or $737 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$39
Rape
$250,000
$8
Robbery
$430,000
$15
Assault
$1.4 million
$49
Burglary
$2.3 million
$80
Theft
$1.3 million
$45
Vehicle theft
$740,000
$25
Arson
$63,000
$2
Vandalism
$690,000
$24
Total
$8.3 million
$287
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 Walnut 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 Walnut, CA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 47% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Walnut on SchoolGrade
