Calabasas is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, located in the hills of the Santa Monica Mountains which extend from the southwestern San Fernando Valley, between  Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, West Hills and Malibu, yet only 22 miles away from Downtown Los Angeles.
The historic El Camino Real  runs east-west through Calabasas as U.S. Route 101.
A short picturesque drive through the magnificent Santa Monica Mountains will take you to the Pacific Coast Highway, the Ocean, and all the wonderful beaches of Malibu and Santa Monica.
The City of Calabasas delightfully blends all the amenieties of 21st Century living with the romance and peace of its historic charm.
As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,058.
Calabasas's crime rate is significantly lower than approximately 78% of all California communities, but more than that, in addition, when, compared to other communities of similar population size all across America, Calabasas is actually safer than most, as it has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average.
It is for these reasons that Calabasas is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.
(The crime data that was used for this analysis is from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and includes both violent and property crimes, combined.)
Calabasas residents are not only entitled to feel safe, but they are also zoned to schools in The Las Virgines Unified School Discrict, one of the highest ranked districts in the state. .
Calabasas is such a great place to live, work and raise children.
A safe peaceful environment with every desirable amenity - and even the climate is friendly, with a delightful average monthly temperature of 60 F.