Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Los Altos Hills has an overall crime rate of 10 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Los Altos Hills is 1 in 102. How does Los Altos Hills fare compared to other communities in California of all population sizes? Los Altos Hills's crime rate is lower than approximately 78% of California communities.
However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Los Altos Hills has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Los Altos Hills is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Los Altos Hills does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Los Altos Hills.
For Los Altos Hills, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Los Altos Hills than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 4084, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Los Altos Hills; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 10 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
2 |
78 |
80 |
Crime Rate
|
0.24 |
9.55 |
9.79 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 54 | 23 | 1 |
Rate per 1,000 | 6.61 | 2.82 | 0.12 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |