Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Grover Beach, CA Crime Grade
How Grover Beach 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
3/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Grover Beach, CA was 200.0 per 100,000 residents (25 incidents over a population of 12,501). That puts Grover Beach 39% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Grover Beach #2,047 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #112 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 38% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Grover Beach, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 200.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,047 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #112 of 371
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 38%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 12,501
- Reporting agency
- Grover Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Grover Beach Police Department (FBI ORI CA0400200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Grover Beach, CA
Also known as
- Grover
History
City Council resolution 92-84 changed the name from Grover City to Grover Beach. (US-T121) Founded in 1890.
Location
2.1 km (1.3 mi) northwest of Oceano, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. (US-T121)
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. Grover Beach (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Grover Beach 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 329.8(44) | 267.1(34) | 198.7(25) | 320.1(40) | 200.0(25) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.0(1) |
| Rape | 45.0(6) | 39.3(5) | 47.7(6) | 64.0(8) | 56.0(7) |
| Robbery | 37.5(5) | 31.4(4) | 15.9(2) | 16.0(2) | 24.0(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 247.4(33) | 196.4(25) | 135.1(17) | 240.1(30) | 112.0(14) |
| Property crime | 2421.3(323) | 2278.4(290) | 1581.8(199) | 1216.4(152) | 655.9(82) |
| Burglary | 292.4(39) | 447.8(57) | 254.4(32) | 128.0(16) | 32.0(4) |
| Larceny | 1821.6(243) | 1681.3(214) | 1152.5(145) | 1000.3(125) | 528.0(66) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 292.4(39) | 125.7(16) | 151.0(19) | 40.0(5) | 96.0(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Grover Beach, 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 Grover Beach 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 Grover Beach calculated?
- Grover Beach'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 Grover Beach 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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