Photo: Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in La Habra Heights than in 64% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 62% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 60%. What’s more, the grade is B, built on crimes La Habra Heights’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #38 of 416 graded towns in California. Typical years here bring 1.2 violent crimes plus 8.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.9 plus 21.4 in the rest of California.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in La Habra Heights
La Habra Heights reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 California towns on La Habra Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Whittier (C−). Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so La Habra Heights’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 91% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 64% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind La Habra Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | La Habra Heights | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
La Habra Heights’ police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in La Habra Heights per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | La Habra Heights property | Rest of California property | La Habra Heights violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 24.8 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 25.0 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 20.8 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 9.2 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
56 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 49 property, as reported to the FBI by La Habra Heights’ police.
One person died in crashes on La Habra Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
La Habra Heights had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 La Habra Heights’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so La Habra Heights’s own rate (3.7) 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.
La Habra Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Habra Heights | B | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| Whittier | C− | 4.4 | 22.1 |
| Hacienda Heights | — | — | — |
| Rowland Heights | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Habra Heights | B | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| St. Helena | B+ | 1.4 | 7.3 |
| Buellton | B− | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| Kensington | B− | 0.9 | 14.5 |
| Williams | C | 4.1 | 10.4 |
| Jackson | C | 4.4 | 13.6 |
The five graded California towns closest to La Habra Heights’ population (5,327), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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.
- One number for all of La Habra Heights. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against La Habra Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,314 in 2025); our figure for La Habra Heights is 5,327 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 La Habra Heights
Is La Habra Heights, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, La Habra Heights reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #38 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in La Habra Heights?
1.2 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is La Habra Heights safer than Whittier?
Whittier reports more crime per resident than La Habra Heights: Whittier grades C− for safety and La Habra Heights B. Whittier’s police reported 4.4 violent and 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices La Habra Heights?
La Habra Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “La Habra Heights”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.