What are the safest neighborhoods in Los Angeles?

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is one of the safest places in Los Angeles County. The crimes are published weekly in the Peninsula News on Thursdays. It's usually crimes of property such as car break ins or vandalism. Many law enforcement officers live here because the crime is so low. They don't like to take their jobs home with them! The cities located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula are Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes.

Yeah, Burbank, Toluca Lake, Sherman Oaks -- these are safe. The valley as a whole, is not "safe," and while it's not bad, there are lots of Latino gangs throughout most of it. Glendale is right next to Burbank, and it's just as safe, if you do well enough keeping out of the way of the idiot drivers who seem to live there. Santa Monica is also amazingly safe south of Wilshire, all the way to Venice. Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Westwood, and Beverly Hills are so insular and exclusive, you wouldn't believe you can drive twenty minutes to see bullet holes in street signs. There's a lot of places that are perfectly safe in LA. But if you want to live in a city, you need to realize that there will be crime, unless you can afford to live in a place like the palisades.

The valley is relatively safe because it's mostly families. Within that, I would say, Burbank, Toluca Lake and Sherman Oaks. Also, Santa Monica north of Wilshire is quite safe. But, it's a big city so crime is pretty much everywhere.