Walnut, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Walnut, CA Summary

Crime in Walnut research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Walnut over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Walnut:

  • There were 539 total crimes committed in Walnut in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,018.6 total crimes per 100K people in Walnut.
  • The overall crime rate in Walnut is -4.75% below the national average.
  • Walnut ranks #250 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Walnut ranks #7,262 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Walnut Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Walnut is 2,018.6 per 100,000 people. That's -4.75% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -21.29% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Walnut
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 539 2,018.6 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 7 26.2 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 26 97.4 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 34 127.3 486.0 359.0
Burglary 243 910.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 224 838.9 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 38 142.3 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 505 1,891.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Walnut Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Walnut

34
Violent Crimes
127.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 34 violent crimes in Walnut in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Walnut is 127.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 785.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Walnut each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.53% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -73.80% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Walnut

505
Property Crimes
1,891.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
7.46%
Above The National Average
  • There were 505 property crimes in Walnut in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Walnut is 1,891.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 52.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Walnut each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 7.46% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.01% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Walnut

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
West Covina, CA 104,467 2,442 2,337.6 2,098.3 239.3
Yorba Linda, CA 65,469 562 858.4 765.2 93.2
Diamond Bar, CA 51,126 992 1,940.3 1,862.1 78.2
Cypress, CA 48,367 907 1,875.2 1,589.9 285.3
Covina, CA 47,940 942 1,965.0 1,612.4 352.5
La Mirada, CA 44,755 880 1,966.3 1,794.2 172.0
San Dimas, CA 32,560 835 2,564.5 2,281.9 282.6
La Verne, CA 29,391 760 2,585.8 2,388.5 197.3
Villa Park, CA 5,611 42 748.5 712.9 35.6

Walnut SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
3
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
3
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