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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
7/10
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.
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
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Cerritos's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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