Culver City is a city of 54,200 in Los Angeles County, about 10 miles west of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Culver City?
Culver City earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Assaults make up 78% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 836 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Culver City as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Culver City scores 836.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Culver City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Culver City, 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 about violent crime in Culver City
One part of Culver City stands out for robbery. Robberies in Lucerne-Higuera, in northeast Culver City, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assaults happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Culver City, 35% of reported aggravated assaults happen at stores and businesses, against 10% nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Culver City
Most of Culver City grades well for violent crime: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across Culver City run from A+ to C+.
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A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Fox Hills, southeastRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Culver City.A+932
2Jefferson & Blanco-Culver Crest, eastAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Culver City.A892
3Park West-Los Angeles, centralClose to the rest of Culver City on most crimes.A-837
4Palms, Washington Culver & Park East, northClose to the rest of Culver City on most crimes.A-820
5Clarkdale, northwestClose to the rest of Culver City on most crimes.A-805
6Lucerne-Higuera, northeastAggravated assaults run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Culver City.B+760
7Playa Vista, southwestRobberies run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Culver City.B+742
Neighborhood areas of Culver City, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Culver City?
Reported violent crime in Culver City has risen 37% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.8 to 6.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Culver CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Culver City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Culver City
Violent, US
2016
+15%
+4%
2017
-0%
+4%
2018
+3%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
2021
+44%
+6%
2022
+56%
+5%
2023
+64%
+2%
2024
+37%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Culver City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Culver City has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Culver City, about 78% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Culver City
Culver City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 73% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Violent crime in Culver City and nearby cities
Culver City has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Playa Del Rey and Beverly Hills have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Culver City. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Culver City is safer than 70% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Culver City apart: it has 173 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of B- (49 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.173 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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 assault.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.73% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Culver City: C (35 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% 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 violent crime costs Culver City
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Culver City about $64 million a year, or $1,178 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $16 million, or $288 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 76% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$50
Rape
$970,000
$18
Robbery
$4.1 million
$76
Assault
$7.8 million
$144
Total
$16 million
$288
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
