Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Cerritos, CA Crime Grade
How Cerritos 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Cerritos, CA was 350.3 per 100,000 residents (161 incidents over a population of 45,961). That puts Cerritos Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Cerritos #2,849 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 24% of them, and #220 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 12% year over year and up 40% over the last five years.
Cerritos, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 350.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,849 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #220 of 371
- Safer than
- 24% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 12%
- 5-year change
- up 40%
- Population
- 45,961
- Reporting agency
- Cerritos Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cerritos Police Department (FBI ORI CA0191900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cerritos, CA
Also known as
- Dairy Valley
History
Incorporated April 24, 1956 as Dairy Valley. The name change to Cerritos was made official on January 10, 1967.
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. Cerritos (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cerritos vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 250.8(127) | 200.2(100) | 293.7(139) | 311.6(145) | 350.3(161) |
| Murder | 2.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.1(1) | 2.2(1) |
| Rape | 19.7(10) | 28.0(14) | 19.0(9) | 12.9(6) | 19.6(9) |
| Robbery | 128.4(65) | 78.1(39) | 122.6(58) | 171.9(80) | 187.1(86) |
| Aggravated assault | 100.7(51) | 94.1(47) | 152.1(72) | 124.6(58) | 141.4(65) |
| Property crime | 3226.6(1,634) | 2732.6(1,365) | 3888.0(1,840) | 4821.7(2,244) | 5332.8(2,451) |
| Burglary | 620.0(314) | 492.5(246) | 528.3(250) | 758.5(353) | 974.7(448) |
| Larceny | 2365.6(1,198) | 1941.9(970) | 2749.1(1,301) | 3248.8(1,512) | 3738.0(1,718) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 240.9(122) | 292.3(146) | 602.2(285) | 805.8(375) | 620.1(285) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cerritos, 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 Cerritos 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 Cerritos calculated?
- Cerritos'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 Cerritos 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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