Pleasant Valley, Walnut Creek, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Pleasant Valley is a neighborhood of 4,150 residents in Walnut Creek, about 2 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Pleasant Valley?
Pleasant Valley earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Walnut Creek as a whole grades A for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 827 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Pleasant Valley as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Pleasant Valley scores 827.
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 Pleasant Valley, Walnut Creek, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pleasant Valley in Walnut Creek, 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
Violent crime rates and types in Pleasant Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pleasant Valley has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 52% more than Walnut Creek 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 Pleasant Valley, about 84% 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 Pleasant Valley and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Pleasant Valley, 6 have less violent crime. Northgate Area and Downtown Lafayette have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pleasant Valley. 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, Pleasant Valley is safer than 85% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Pleasant Valley apart: it has 139 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.139 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Pleasant Valley: C- (26 of 100).17 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.64% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% 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 Pleasant Valley
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Pleasant Valley about $4.2 million a year, or $1,015 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $1.1 million, or $258 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. Pleasant Valley is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
