Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cypress, CA Crime Grade
How Cypress 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
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cypress, CA was 299.4 per 100,000 residents (147 incidents over a population of 49,097). That puts Cypress Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Cypress #2,651 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 30% of them, and #182 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 145% over the last five years.
Cypress, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 299.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,651 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #182 of 371
- Safer than
- 30% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 145%
- Population
- 49,097
- Reporting agency
- Cypress Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cypress Police Department (FBI ORI CA0300500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cypress, CA
Also known as
- Waterville
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. Cypress (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cypress 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 122.1(60) | 119.0(59) | 248.0(121) | 289.5(140) | 299.4(147) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.2(7) | 18.1(9) | 12.3(6) | 22.7(11) | 34.6(17) |
| Robbery | 46.8(23) | 48.4(24) | 67.6(33) | 41.4(20) | 40.7(20) |
| Aggravated assault | 61.1(30) | 50.4(25) | 168.1(82) | 225.4(109) | 224.0(110) |
| Property crime | 1510.5(742) | 1998.5(991) | 1738.2(848) | 1596.1(772) | 1203.7(591) |
| Burglary | 270.7(133) | 548.5(272) | 528.8(258) | 454.9(220) | 303.5(149) |
| Larceny | 1048.4(515) | 1109.1(550) | 983.9(480) | 942.8(456) | 778.1(382) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 160.8(79) | 330.7(164) | 213.2(104) | 194.3(94) | 118.1(58) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cypress, 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 Cypress 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 Cypress calculated?
- Cypress'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 Cypress 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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