Orange County
Los Alamitos/Counties

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles/Counties

The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in La Mirada is 1 in 60. Based on FBI crime data, La Mirada is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, La Mirada has a crime rate that is higher than 38% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.

Whittier/Counties

Los Angeles , city, seat of Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It is the second most populous city and metropolitan area (after New York City) in the United States.

Cerritos/Counties

Cerritos is located in the heart of the Los Angeles/Orange County metro center, midway between Downtown Los Angeles and the business centers of Irvine, Santa Ana and Anaheim.

La Mirada is a suburb of Los Angeles with a population of 48,764. Living in La Mirada offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In La Mirada there are a lot of coffee shops and parks.

The strong partnership between the City, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and the community has helped achieve this record of safety. In the sixth annual Safest Cities in California report recently released by Safewise, La Mirada was named among the top 50 safest cities for 2020.

Downey/Counties
The City of Downey, home to more than 113,000 residents in 12.41 square miles, is a diverse and dynamic community in the heart of Los Angeles County, approximately 15 miles from Downtown Los Angeles, and 5 miles from Orange County.

Riverside County
Corona/Counties

La Mirada, California. La Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County, California United States, and is one of the Gateway Cities. The population was 48,527 at the 2010 census, up from 46,783 at the 2000 census. In 2006, the city of La Mirada was listed on CNN Money Magazine ‘s “Best Place to Live” list.

The cities that border it on the Los Angeles County side are Santa Fe Springs to the west and Cerritos to the southwest; and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County such as East Whittier, and South Whittier to the north. The cities bordering it in Orange County are Fullerton and La Habra to the east and Buena Park to the south.

Government and politics. In the United States House of Representatives, La Mirada is in California’s 38th congressional district, represented by Democrat Linda Sánchez. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Whittier Health Center in Whittier, serving La Mirada.

On November 8, 1960, voters approved a change of name to the current La Mirada, which was officially certified on December 15, 1960. Today, the current population is just over 50,000 with the addition of a new subdivision on the eastern portion of the town.