Report: Los Altos Among Safest Places to Live in California

By Lindsey Hickman

Los Altos - With snowy mountains, luscious forests, beautiful beaches, farmlands and metropolitan cities, there is no question why 39 million people call California home.

Looking to move somewhere within this Golden State and wondering where the safest towns are? A recent study by BackgroundCheck.org put several Bay Area towns on Top-50 Safest Cities in California.

“We’ve ranked the safest towns in the state based on FBI violent crime stats and proprietary research data,” the study reports.

“While California may be home to eight of the nation’s 50 most populated cities, you may be better off looking at one of these locations to call home.”

Way to Go Los Altos, you ranked #2 Safest City in California!

Los Altos is one of the safest cities in California. According to the study, the violent crime rate here is just 20.2, and you have a 1% chance of being the victim of a property crime in Los Altos.

See what else the report had to say about Los Altos and other nearby areas!