Crime in South Whittier, California
Major crime in South Whittier is 20% above the U.S. rate per resident: 44% higher for persons crimes and 15% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.3% 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 2.6 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in South Whittier 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 South Whittier
The middle half of South Whittier residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 62 and 100; the typical (median) resident's is 84. The citywide figure (120) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–505.1%
- 50–10068.2%
- 100–20023.7%
- 200–4001.1%
- 400+1.9%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 9.3% 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.
South Whittier against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
167 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than South Whittier; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
South Whittier has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, La Mirada (2 mi), is 24% below South Whittier's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in South Whittier
What are the most common crimes in South Whittier?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are burglary (about 235 a year), theft from vehicle (about 227 a year) and aggravated assault (about 179 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 2.6 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. South Whittier's figures add up its 35 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- South Whittier's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 40.0% 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: 55,295. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in South Whittier, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/south-whittier
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- La Mirada2 mi92
- Whittier2 mi122
- East Whittier2 mi59
- Santa Fe Springs3 mi283
- Norwalk3 mi105
- West Whittier-Los Nietos4 mi122
- La Habra5 mi91
- La Habra Heights5 mi53