Theft per Capita in Los Altos
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Los Altos residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Los Altos residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in Los Altos is about 1 in 125.
Theft costs the average Los Altos resident about $41 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in Los Altos in green. The most dangerous areas in Los Altos are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A grade means the rate of theft is lower than the average US neighborhood. Los Altos is in the 85th percentile for safety, meaning 15% of neighborhoods are safer and 85% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Los Altos's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.
The rate of theft in Los Altos is 7.993 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Los Altos generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in Los Altos may be as high as 1 in 61 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,053 in the northwest part of the neighborhood.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the southwest parts of Los Altos, Long Beach, CA: about 29 per year. The northwest part of Los Altos has fewer cases of theft with only 2 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in Los Altos to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Los Altos, Long Beach, CA: | 7.993 |
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| California: | 14.12 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, Los Altos is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Theft is projected to cost the residents of Los Altos about $605,143 in 2025, or roughly $41 per resident. This is part of Los Altos's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Los Altos, including every crime type and how Los Altos compares to other neighborhoods.
Remember that theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Los Altos's crime maps on the Los Altos overall crime page.
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Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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A- | C | A- | A+ | |
B+ | B- | B | A | |
B+ | C | B | A | |
A- | B- | B+ | A | |
C- | D+ | D | D | |
C+ | D | C | B- | |
B- | C+ | C | B | |
D | C- | F | F | |
A- | B+ | B+ | A | |
B | C- | B- | A- |
Los Altos is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for theft. The table below compares theft in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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D+ | D | D | D- | |
C- | A- | A- | C- | |
F | F | F | F | |
C | D+ | D+ | C+ | |
C- | C- | C- | C+ | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
A- | A- | A- | B+ | |
C | B- | B- | D+ | |
B | B | B | B- | |
B | C | C | A- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Los Altos, Long Beach, CA average SchoolGrade of A, with 61% actual proficiency versus 46% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Los Altos schools on SchoolGrade
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