The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in West Covina, CA
West Covina is a city of 102,400 in Los Angeles County, about 19 miles east of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is West Covina, CA safe?
Crime in West Covina is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than West Covina. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within West Covina run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 717 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than West Covina as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Covina scores 717.
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 West Covina, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Covina, 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 West Covina
Robberies happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In West Covina, 62% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
Simple assaults are uncommon. West Covina has simple assaults at less than half the US rate: 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of West Covina
Most of West Covina grades well: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across West Covina run from A- to C+; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within West Covina, the east side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in West Covina?
Reported violent crime in West Covina peaked in 2022 and has fallen 42% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 8% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.5 to 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 31%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
West CovinaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves West Covina. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, West Covina
Violent, US
Property, West Covina
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+4%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
+11%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+38%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
+63%
+5%
+1%
-6%
2023
+36%
+2%
+1%
-7%
2024
-6%
-4%
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in West Covina
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Covina has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 West Covina, about 47% 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 West Covina
West Covina has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In West Covina, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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 West Covina compares with nearby cities
West Covina has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Walnut has less.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in West Covina
Two things set West Covina apart: it has 0.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.5% 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.
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
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% 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.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% 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 West Covina: C- (26 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% 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.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% 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 West Covina
Crime costs West Covina about $1,076 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 11% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $34 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $96 million a year, or $935 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.7 million
$56
Rape
$1.1 million
$11
Robbery
$2.3 million
$23
Assault
$6.4 million
$62
Burglary
$2.9 million
$29
Theft
$7.4 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$5.5 million
$54
Arson
$330,000
$3
Vandalism
$2.7 million
$26
Total
$34 million
$336
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 West Covina 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. West Covina 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 West Covina, CA average a SchoolGrade of B: 39% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in West Covina on SchoolGrade
