East Palo Alto homicide rate 2022

The crime rate in East Palo Alto is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 27 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in East Palo Alto is 1 in 37. Based on FBI crime data, East Palo Alto is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, East Palo Alto has a crime rate that is higher than 77% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare East Palo Alto to other communities of similar population, then East Palo Alto crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how East Palo Alto does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how East Palo Alto 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 East Palo Alto.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in East Palo Alto occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in East Palo Alto; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 206. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that East Palo Alto experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that East Palo Alto's rate for property crime is 22 per one thousand population. This makes East Palo Alto 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 East Palo Alto is one in 45.

Importantly, we found that East Palo Alto has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in East Palo Alto is one in 158.

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