The nearest town with a Safety Grade to North El Monte is Temple City, 2 miles away
North El Monte 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 North El Monte alone, and no Safety Grade. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 23 towns with grades of their own.
What stands out about safety in North El Monte
Policed by the county
North El Monte 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 North El Monte. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest California towns with their own police figures are Temple City (B−, 2 mi), El Monte (C−, 2 mi), Arcadia (C−, 2 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from North El Monte. 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
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Los Angeles County without police of their own, which include North El Monte.
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.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple City | B− | 2 mi | 2.1 | 11.1 |
| El Monte | C− | 2 mi | 4.2 | 19.9 |
| Arcadia | C− | 2 mi | 2.4 | 27.7 |
| Baldwin Park | C | 3 mi | 4.2 | 15.0 |
| Irwindale | D− | 4 mi | 22.5 | 160.8 |
| South El Monte | D | 4 mi | 5.4 | 32.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of North El Monte. Nearby towns can differ a lot from North El Monte.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on North El Monte’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for California towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of North El Monte’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North El Monte’s own rate (0.0) 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.
North El Monte and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Monte | C− | 4.2 | 19.9 |
| Arcadia | C− | 2.4 | 27.7 |
| Temple City | B− | 2.1 | 11.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- 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 North El Monte
Is North El Monte, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for North El Monte. The nearest California towns with a grade are Temple City (B−, 2 mi), El Monte (C−, 2 mi), Arcadia (C−, 2 mi).
Who polices North El Monte?
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. North El Monte 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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Neighbors looking out for each other in North El Monte.
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.