Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fountain Valley, CA Crime Grade
How Fountain Valley 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
3/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fountain Valley, CA was 177.4 per 100,000 residents (99 incidents over a population of 55,805). That puts Fountain Valley Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 57% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fountain Valley (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fountain Valley 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 | 121.1(67) | 151.9(85) | 137.1(76) | 178.3(98) | 177.4(99) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 10.8(6) | 16.1(9) | 12.6(7) | 16.4(9) | 23.3(13) |
| Robbery | 41.6(23) | 53.6(30) | 43.3(24) | 61.8(34) | 55.6(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 68.7(38) | 82.2(46) | 77.6(43) | 100.0(55) | 98.6(55) |
| Property crime | 2424.8(1,342) | 2241.6(1,254) | 2145.5(1,189) | 1797.2(988) | 1587.7(886) |
| Burglary | 359.6(199) | 325.3(182) | 436.7(242) | 274.7(151) | 225.8(126) |
| Larceny | 1803.2(998) | 1648.2(922) | 1485.1(823) | 1337.0(735) | 1227.5(685) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 254.8(141) | 257.4(144) | 205.7(114) | 172.8(95) | 125.4(70) |
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: Fountain Valley'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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