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Los Altos Hills, CA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 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 96. 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 71% of California communities.

How does the crime rate in Los Altos Hills compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Los Altos Hills with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Los Altos Hills's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

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.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Los Altos Hills's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Los Altos Hills is one in 1170.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Los Altos Hills's rate for property crime is 10 per one thousand population. This makes Los Altos Hills a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Los Altos Hills is one in 105.

Los Altos Hills Crime Data

total Crime Index

43

(100 is safest)


Safer than 43% of U.S. cities.

Los Altos Hills Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

7

78

85

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.85

9.52

10.38

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.85
5.08
National Median: 4
    Los Altos Hills
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,170

in Los Altos Hills

1 in 197

in California

Los Altos Hills Violent Crimes

Population: 8,189
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 2 4 1
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.24 0.49 0.12

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
9.52
23.26
National Median: 19
    Los Altos Hills
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 105

in Los Altos Hills

1 in 43

in California

Property Crimes

Population: 8,189
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 61 16 1
Rate per 1,000 7.45 1.95 0.12

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Los Altos Hills Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
10
84
National Median: 26.5
    Los Altos Hills
    California

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