Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brea, CA Crime Grade
How Brea grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
3/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Brea, CA was 181.3 per 100,000 residents (87 incidents over a population of 47,997). That puts Brea Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Brea #1,902 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 50% of them, and #92 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Brea, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 181.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,902 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #92 of 371
- Safer than
- 50% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 47,997
- Reporting agency
- Brea Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brea Police Department (FBI ORI CA0300200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brea, CA
Also known as
- La Brea
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Brea (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brea vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 182.1(82) | 189.0(90) | 222.4(104) | 224.9(110) | 181.3(87) |
| Murder | 2.2(1) | 2.1(1) | 2.1(1) | 2.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 20.0(9) | 14.7(7) | 23.5(11) | 12.3(6) | 25.0(12) |
| Robbery | 42.2(19) | 54.6(26) | 94.1(44) | 92.0(45) | 52.1(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 117.7(53) | 117.6(56) | 102.7(48) | 118.6(58) | 104.2(50) |
| Property crime | 2665.3(1,200) | 3261.4(1,553) | 3210.4(1,501) | 2877.2(1,407) | 2214.7(1,063) |
| Burglary | 237.7(107) | 348.6(166) | 372.2(174) | 276.1(135) | 181.3(87) |
| Larceny | 2241.1(1,009) | 2641.9(1,258) | 2620.1(1,225) | 2437.6(1,192) | 1881.4(903) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 179.9(81) | 258.3(123) | 211.7(99) | 157.5(77) | 147.9(71) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brea, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Brea Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Brea calculated?
- Brea's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Brea Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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