Crime in West Whittier-Los Nietos, California
Major crime in West Whittier-Los Nietos is 22% above the U.S. rate per resident: 33% higher for persons crimes and 20% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.3% 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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Motor vehicle theft and burglary stand out most, at about 2.4 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in West Whittier-Los Nietos 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 West Whittier-Los Nietos
The middle half of West Whittier-Los Nietos residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 77 and 143; the typical (median) resident's is 123.
- 0–506.7%
- 50–10034.2%
- 100–20048.4%
- 200–40010.7%
- 400+0.0%
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 10.3% 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.
West Whittier-Los Nietos against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
210 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than West Whittier-Los Nietos; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
West Whittier-Los Nietos 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, Pico Rivera (2 mi), is 14% above West Whittier-Los Nietos's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in West Whittier-Los Nietos
What are the most common crimes in West Whittier-Los Nietos?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are theft from vehicle (about 141 a year), motor vehicle theft (about 108 a year) and burglary (about 108 a year). Compared with the U.S., motor vehicle theft stands out most: 2.4 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. West Whittier-Los Nietos's figures add up its 17 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West Whittier-Los Nietos's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 53.2% 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: 28,099. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West Whittier-Los Nietos, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/west-whittier-los-nietos
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Pico Rivera2 mi140
- Santa Fe Springs2 mi283
- Whittier2 mi122
- South Whittier4 mi120
- Montebello4 mi143
- Downey5 mi145
- Norwalk5 mi105
- Bell Gardens5 mi89