Crime in Monterey Park, California
Major crime in Monterey Park is 15% above the U.S. rate per resident: 19% lower for persons crimes and 22% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.8% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Burglary stands out most, at 2.2 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Monterey Park for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Monterey Park
The middle half of Monterey Park residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 64 and 127; the typical (median) resident's is 92. The citywide figure (115) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–508.0%
- 50–10054.5%
- 100–20028.3%
- 200–4006.0%
- 400+3.2%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekdays, day and night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 10.8% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%
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.
Monterey Park against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
182 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Monterey Park; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Monterey Park has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, South San Gabriel (2 mi), is 51% below Monterey Park's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Monterey Park
What are the most common crimes in Monterey Park?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are theft from vehicle (about 311 a year), other larceny (about 230 a year) and burglary (about 203 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 2.2 times 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. Monterey Park's figures add up its 40 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Monterey Park's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 51.4% 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: 56,981. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Monterey Park, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/monterey-park
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- South San Gabriel2 mi57
- Alhambra2 mi118
- Rosemead3 mi142
- East Los Angeles3 mi159
- Montebello3 mi143
- San Gabriel3 mi102
- South Pasadena4 mi111
- San Marino5 mi106