This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Westside. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.
B-
Overall Crime Grade™
C |
|
C+ |
|
Other Crime Grade |
B+ |
$8.70 million
Cost of Crime™ for Westside, Santa Cruz, CA
In 2025, crime will cost $1,317 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Westside 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.
The B- overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Westside's combined rate is slightly lower than the norm. Westside sits in the 60th percentile, ahead of 60% of neighborhoods and behind 40%. The grade covers only Westside's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.
The overall crime rate in Westside is 31.59 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 10 in the southwest areas to 1 in 52 in the northwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Westside, Santa Cruz, CA report the most crime, about 125 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 15 per year.
| Westside, Santa Cruz, CA: | $485 |
|---|---|
| New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA: | $1496 |
| El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir: | $200 |
| California: | $491 |
| USA: | $464 |
Crime |
Cost to Westside |
Cost per Westside Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$1.97 million |
$110 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$601,891 |
$34 |
Robbery |
$930,106 |
$52 |
Assault |
$1.39 million |
$78 |
Kidnapping |
$150,703 |
$8 |
Vehicle Theft |
$984,798 |
$55 |
Burglary |
$560,755 |
$31 |
Theft |
$1.28 million |
$72 |
Arson |
$130,180 |
$7 |
Vandalism |
$286,089 |
$16 |
Animal Cruelty |
$3,239 |
$0 |
Drug Crimes |
$346,827 |
$19 |
Identity Theft |
$66,357 |
$4 |
Total Cost of Crime |
$8,700,165 |
$485 |
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 central part of the neighborhood 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 Westside has 2, do the same, and of Westside's 17,923 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.
The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Westside, Santa Cruz, CA at ISP Reports.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 Westside residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
2.699 |
Robbery |
1.650 |
Rape |
0.5539 |
Murder |
0.0584 |
Total Violent Crime |
4.961 (C) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
13.84 |
Vehicle Theft |
3.548 |
Burglary |
3.449 |
Arson |
0.3008 |
Total Property Crime |
21.14 (C+) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Kidnapping |
0.1387 |
Drug Crimes |
2.616 |
Vandalism |
2.234 |
Identity Theft |
0.4783 |
Animal Cruelty |
0.0244 |
Total "Other" Rate |
5.492 (B+) |
Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Westside is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Westside.
Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
B- | C | C+ | |
B- | C- | C+ | |
A+ | A | A+ | |
A | A- | A- | |
A | B | A- | |
A | B- | A | |
A | A- | A- | |
A- | A | B- | |
A- | C | B+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ |
Westside is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | D | D | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | |
C+ | C | C | |
D+ | D | D | |
A- | A- | A- | |
D- | C | C | |
C- | C | C | |
C | C | C | |
C+ | D+ | D+ |
Considering only the crime rate, Westside is as safe as the California state average and as safe as the national average.
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Westside, Santa Cruz, CA average SchoolGrade of A-, with 54% actual proficiency versus 46% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Westside schools on SchoolGrade
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