Piñon Hills: recorded crime, not graded
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Claremont (C−), 23 miles away. Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade. Piñon Hills has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in San Bernardino County. The San Bernardino 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 Piñon Hills alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Piñon Hills
Policed by the county
Piñon Hills is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Piñon Hills. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest California towns with their own police figures are Claremont (C−, 23 mi), Upland (C, 23 mi), La Verne (C, 24 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Piñon Hills. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of San Bernardino County without police of their own, which include Piñon Hills.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the San Bernardino 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
Straight-line distance from the center of Piñon Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Piñon Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
16 people died in crashes on Piñon Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Piñon Hills had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 45.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.6, 355 towns).
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.
Piñon Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phelan | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Phelan is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Piñon Hills
Is Piñon Hills, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Piñon Hills. The nearest California towns with a grade are Claremont (C−, 23 mi), Upland (C, 23 mi), La Verne (C, 24 mi).
Who polices Piñon Hills?
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office. Piñon Hills is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of San Bernardino 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.