What is the crime rate in East Palo Alto, CA?

In 2025, the East Palo Alto Police Department reported 161 violent crimes and 469 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 552 violent and 1,609 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,143 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 552
Property per 100,000: 1,609
Violent crimes: 161
Property crimes: 469

Crime reported by the East Palo Alto Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	170	615	602	2,178	27,640
2024	174	629	549	1,985	27,663
2025	161	552	469	1,609	29,143

Violent crimes reported went from 170 in 2023 to 161 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 602 in 2023 to 469 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

East Palo Alto against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
East Palo Alto	552	1,609
San Mateo County	226	1,396
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near East Palo Alto, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
East Palo Alto	—	552	1,609
Menlo Park	1.2 mi	185	1,548
Atherton	3.8 mi	72	816
Palo Alto	5.0 mi	159	2,882
Redwood City	5.5 mi	368	1,467
Mountain View	5.5 mi	210	2,411
Newark	6.1 mi	335	3,067
Los Altos Hills	7.0 mi	24	368
Los Altos	7.1 mi	36	1,041

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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