Rolling Hills Estates, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Rolling Hills Estates is a city of 4,280 in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Rolling Hills Estates?

Violent crime in Rolling Hills Estates is a little lower than in most US neighborhoods: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Assaults make up 76% 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 909 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Rolling Hills Estates as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Rolling Hills Estates scores 909.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 857 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhood
B+
Property crimeSafety score 768 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhood

How it works


Violent crime map of Rolling Hills Estates

Map of Rolling Hills Estates shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Rolling Hills Estates, CA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rolling Hills Estates, 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 Rolling Hills Estates

Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Rolling Hills Estates to work or shop: it has only 7 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.


Violent crime rates and types in Rolling Hills Estates

CrimeGrade™ estimates Rolling Hills Estates has about 3.1 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 77% less than the US as a whole and 74% less than 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 Rolling Hills Estates, about 76% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 1under 0.010.05
RapeB+10.290.38
RobberyA-20.440.62
AssaultA+102.312.3

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 Rolling Hills Estates and nearby cities

Rolling Hills Estates has less violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Rolling Hills EstatesA909A4,280
Rolling Hills 1 mileA918A1,970
Rancho Palos Verdes 1 mileA+928A45,700
Lomita 2 milesA-795B20,300
Los Angeles 19 milesC407D+2.10 million
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Palos Verdes Estates 3 milesA+927A11,400
Harbor City 4 milesB-608C+26,800
San Pedro 4 milesB-575C+78,900
Torrance 4 milesA877A-153,100
Wilmington 5 milesC409C+61,400
West Carson 5 milesB663C-21,500

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rolling Hills Estates. 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, Rolling Hills Estates has more violent crime than 78% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Rolling Hills EstatesA909A4,280
Glen Arm, MDA+969A+4,280
Martin, GAA+966A+4,280
Sparta, MOA+965A+4,280
Tully, NYA+965A+4,280
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Delhi, LAA+943A+4,280
Seaford, VAA+937A+4,280
Gold Beach, ORA+925A4,280
Morris, ALA+924A4,280
Sinking Spring, PAA902A4,280
Portola, CAA-827A-4,280

Jobs, walkability and density in Rolling Hills Estates

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Rolling Hills Estates apart: it has 7 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.

JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.7 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 79% 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 Rolling Hills Estates: D+ (20 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 58% of US city residents

BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Rolling Hills Estates on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.

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 Rolling Hills Estates

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Rolling Hills Estates about $1.8 million a year, or $411 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $370,000, or $86 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year

How the cost breaks down

Pain and suffering are about 79% of that full cost.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$73,000$17
Rape$74,000$17
Robbery$58,000$14
Assault$160,000$38
Total$370,000$86

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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