Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
El Centro, CA Crime Grade
How El Centro 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
4/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in El Centro, CA was 244.5 per 100,000 residents (108 incidents over a population of 44,178). That puts El Centro Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. El Centro (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
El Centro 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 | 357.2(158) | 342.6(151) | 339.3(148) | 346.7(151) | 244.5(108) |
| Murder | 2.3(1) | 9.1(4) | 2.3(1) | 4.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 22.6(10) | 34.0(15) | 39.0(17) | 27.6(12) | 22.6(10) |
| Robbery | 67.8(30) | 65.8(29) | 75.7(33) | 75.8(33) | 27.2(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 264.5(117) | 233.7(103) | 222.4(97) | 238.8(104) | 194.7(86) |
| Property crime | 2285.4(1,011) | 2144.0(945) | 1572.9(686) | 1377.7(600) | 934.9(413) |
| Burglary | 481.5(213) | 363.0(160) | 240.7(105) | 562.6(245) | 278.4(123) |
| Larceny | 1534.9(679) | 1456.6(642) | 1125.8(491) | 629.2(274) | 464.0(205) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 250.9(111) | 267.7(118) | 188.0(82) | 174.5(76) | 167.5(74) |
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: El Centro'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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