Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Grand Terrace, CA Crime Grade
How Grand Terrace 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
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Grand Terrace, CA was 264.2 per 100,000 residents (34 incidents over a population of 12,868). That puts Grand Terrace 28% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 45% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Grand Terrace #2,456 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #157 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 51% year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Grand Terrace, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 264.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,456 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #157 of 371
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 51%
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 12,868
- Reporting agency
- Grand Terrace Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Grand Terrace Police Department (FBI ORI CA036210X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Grand Terrace, CA
Also known as
- The Terrace
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. Grand Terrace (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Grand Terrace 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 292.0(37) | 292.5(37) | 276.8(35) | 542.3(72) | 264.2(34) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 47.3(6) | 31.6(4) | 15.8(2) | 22.6(3) | 31.1(4) |
| Robbery | 134.2(17) | 63.2(8) | 7.9(1) | 52.7(7) | 23.3(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 110.5(14) | 189.7(24) | 253.1(32) | 467.0(62) | 209.8(27) |
| Property crime | 2004.4(254) | 1905.0(241) | 1676.8(212) | 2018.5(268) | 1740.8(224) |
| Burglary | 434.0(55) | 434.7(55) | 340.1(43) | 391.7(52) | 272.0(35) |
| Larceny | 1310.0(166) | 1177.8(149) | 957.1(121) | 1340.7(178) | 1018.0(131) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 260.4(33) | 260.8(33) | 371.7(47) | 286.2(38) | 435.2(56) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Grand Terrace, 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 Grand Terrace 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 Grand Terrace calculated?
- Grand Terrace'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 Grand Terrace 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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