CrimeMetric

Crime in El Granada, California

Major crime in El Granada is 58% below the U.S. rate per resident: 57% lower for persons crimes and 58% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
42
58% below the U.S. rate
65% below the California rate
down 12.0% in a year
Persons crimes
43
57% below the U.S. rate
68% below the California rate
down 5.0% in a year
Property crimes
42
58% below the U.S. rate
64% below the California rate
down 13.4% in a year
Social disorder
63
37% below the U.S. rate
38% below the California rate
down 9.6% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 31% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in El Granada for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in El Granada

El Granada is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 25; the middle half of residents live where it is between 20 and 70.

Map of El Granada, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5053.0%
  • 50–10047.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm42
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am39
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm44
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am46
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 12.0% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-12.0%CA -7.4%-15.9%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-5.0%CA -3.5%-6.8%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-13.4%CA -8.4%-18.0%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-9.6%CA -4.9%-12.0%CA -9.4%

Change in expected crimes, with California as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

El Granada against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,573 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than El Granada; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

El Granada has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Moss Beach (2 mi), is 35% above El Granada's rate.

San Mateo9 mi78
San Bruno8 mi77
Millbrae7 mi69
Pacifica8 mi54
El Granada42

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in El Granada

What are the most common crimes in El Granada?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 16 a year), theft from vehicle (about 7 a year) and aggravated assault (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 31% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. El Granada's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • El Granada's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 28.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 5,865. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in El Granada, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/el-granada

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100