Safety index · Long Beach · data through August 2026
Is Lower Westside safe?
Lower Westside records more reported crime than most Long Beach neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 46 out of 100 — 11 points below the citywide median of 57, ranking 60th of 96 Long Beach neighborhoods — based on 245 incidents reported to the Long Beach Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to August 2026.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 6 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Long Beach — a typical Long Beach neighborhood sits near 57. It ranks Lower Westside against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (29% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 27% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 16% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 72 · 29% | |
| Other theft | 66 · 27% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 25 · 10% | |
| Vehicle crime | 34 · 14% | |
| Burglary | 13 · 5% | |
| Robbery | 8 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Lower Westside at night?
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Common questions
Is Lower Westside safe at night?
Elevated overall (safety index 46/100). About 43% of severity-weighted incidents in Lower Westside are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Lower Westside?
Violent crime — 72 of 245 incidents (29%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to August 2026.
How is the Lower Westside safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Long Beach Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Long Beach, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.