Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Sawtelle is a neighborhood of 46,200 residents in Los Angeles, about 12 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Sawtelle?
Violent crime in Sawtelle sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Assaults make up 88% 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 873 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Sawtelle as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Sawtelle scores 873.
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 Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sawtelle 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 Sawtelle
Robberies run high, though violent crime runs low. Violent crime in Sawtelle runs 38% below the US rate, but robberies run 30% above it: 0.80 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Sawtelle compares within Los Angeles
Every part of Sawtelle where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Sawtelle run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Sawtelle has less violent crime than 46 of the 51 neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It covers much of the Pico-Robertson, Sawtelle, and West Los Angeles areas.
Violent crime rates and types in Sawtelle
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sawtelle has about 8.2 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and 60% 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 Sawtelle, about 88% 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 Sawtelle and nearby neighborhoods
Sawtelle has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Sawtelle apart: it has 99 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of A (80 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.99 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 88% 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. 84% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (80 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 83% 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.91% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 76% 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 Sawtelle
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Sawtelle about $29 million a year, or $623 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $7.1 million, or $154 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.
