Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Montecito Heights is a neighborhood of 31,300 residents in Los Angeles, about 3 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Montecito Heights?
Violent crime is high in Montecito Heights: a C, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Assaults make up 85% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Los Angeles as a whole grades C for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 407 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Montecito Heights as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Montecito Heights scores 407.
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 Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Montecito Heights in Los Angeles, 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 Montecito Heights
Robbery at more than double the US rate. Montecito Heights has 1.6 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Montecito Heights compares within Los Angeles
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 59% of residents in Montecito Heights; 18% live in areas graded A or B and 23% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Montecito Heights run from B+ to D-.
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A or B 18%C 59%D or F 23%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Montecito Heights has less violent crime than 16 of the 51 neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It covers much of the Eagle Rock, El Sereno, and Echo Park areas.
Violent crime rates and types in Montecito Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Montecito Heights has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 36% less than Los Angeles as a whole.
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 Montecito Heights, about 85% 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.
Violent crime in Montecito Heights and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Montecito Heights, 9 have less violent crime. Civic Center Little Tokyo and Highland Park have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Montecito Heights. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Montecito Heights has more violent crime than 70% of them.
Tree cover, density and walkability in Montecito Heights
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Montecito Heights apart: it has tree cover over 5% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.5% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.83% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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- (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Montecito Heights: C- (32 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 68% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Montecito Heights
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Montecito Heights about $64 million a year, or $2,036 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $12 million, or $397 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
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
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.
