Palos Verdes Estates, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	C-
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	A-

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$2.71 million

Cost of Crime™ for Palos Verdes Estates, CA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $594 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Palos Verdes Estates with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The C- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Palos Verdes Estates against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Palos Verdes Estates sits in the 38th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 38% of cities and behind 62%. The grade covers only Palos Verdes Estates's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Palos Verdes Estates is 3.505 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the central part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 171 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 396 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Palos Verdes Estates, CA report the most violent crime, about 13 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Palos Verdes Estates, CA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Palos Verdes Estates is projected at $2,706,523 for 2025, about $230 per resident and $594 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 43.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 41.8%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.3%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Palos Verdes Estates Compared to Other Cities?

Palos Verdes Estates, CA:	$230
French Camp, CA:	$748
Plumas Lake, CA:	$105
California:	$264
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $230 per resident each year in Palos Verdes Estates, which is $29 less than the national average and $35 less than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Palos Verdes Estates:

In French Camp, CA, crime costs $748 per person, which is $519 more than in Palos Verdes Estates.
In Plumas Lake, CA, crime costs $105 per person, which is $125 less than in Palos Verdes Estates

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Palos Verdes Estates, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Palos Verdes Estates	Cost per Palos Verdes Estates Resident
Murder	$1.31 million	$111
Rape/Sexual Assault	$369,301	$31
Robbery	$453,224	$38
Assault	$577,564	$49
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$2,706,523	$230

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Palos Verdes Estates totals $10,833,309 ($919 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $13,539,832 ($1,149 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Palos Verdes Estates, CA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the southwest part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Palos Verdes Estates Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Palos Verdes Estates residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.706
Robbery	1.223
Rape	0.5168
Murder	0.0590
Total Violent Crime	3.505 (C-)

Individual Palos Verdes Estates Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Palos Verdes Estates is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Palos Verdes Estates.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	C	C+	D+
Rolling Hills Estates, CA	C	C+	D+
Rolling Hills, CA	C-	C-	D
Lomita, CA	D+	D+	D
Redondo Beach, CA	D	D+	D-
Torrance, CA	D+	D+	D-
Hermosa Beach, CA	D-	D	F
Harbor City, CA	C	D+	D+
West Carson, CA	C-	D+	D
San Pedro, CA	C	D+	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Palos Verdes Estates is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Rancho Santa Fe, CA	C+	C-	C-
Manchester, MD	C+	B-	B-
Manchester, VA	D-	D	D
Manhattan, IL	A+	A	A
Manistee, MI	C+	D+	D+
Prince George, VA	C+	B-	B-
Prosser, WA	F	C-	C-
Quartz Hill, CA	C	D+	D+
Queensbury, NY	A	B+	B+
Manasquan, NJ	A-	A+	A+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Palos Verdes Estates is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.

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