Who polices East Pasadena, and what they report
East Pasadena has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for East Pasadena alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in East Pasadena
Policed by the county
East Pasadena is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for East Pasadena. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest California towns with their own police figures are San Marino (B, 2 mi), Arcadia (C−, 2 mi), Temple City (B−, 3 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Pasadena. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Los Angeles County without police of their own, which include East Pasadena.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Marino | B | 2 mi | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| Arcadia | C− | 2 mi | 2.4 | 27.7 |
| Temple City | B− | 3 mi | 2.1 | 11.1 |
| Sierra Madre | B | 3 mi | 2.2 | 6.8 |
| San Gabriel | C | 3 mi | 2.0 | 19.6 |
| Pasadena | D | 4 mi | 4.8 | 25.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of East Pasadena. Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Pasadena.
Four people died in crashes on East Pasadena’s roads in 2019–2023
East Pasadena had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of East Pasadena’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Pasadena’s own rate (14.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
East Pasadena and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena | D | 4.8 | 25.3 |
| Arcadia | C− | 2.4 | 27.7 |
| East San Gabriel | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East San Gabriel is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in East Pasadena
Is East Pasadena, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for East Pasadena. East Pasadena has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for East Pasadena alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest California towns with a grade are San Marino (B, 2 mi), Arcadia (C−, 2 mi), Temple City (B−, 3 mi).
Who polices East Pasadena?
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. East Pasadena is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Los Angeles County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.