Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Imperial Beach, CA Crime Grade
How Imperial 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Imperial Beach, CA was 283.1 per 100,000 residents (72 incidents over a population of 25,437). That puts Imperial Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 32% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Imperial Beach #2,559 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 32% of them, and #170 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 47% year over year and down 31% over the last five years.
Imperial Beach, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 283.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,559 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #170 of 371
- Safer than
- 32% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 47%
- 5-year change
- down 31%
- Population
- 25,437
- Reporting agency
- Imperial Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Imperial Beach Police Department (FBI ORI CA0370700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Imperial Beach (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Imperial 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 | 412.1(113) | 397.2(103) | 370.7(95) | 534.7(135) | 283.1(72) |
| Murder | 10.9(3) | 7.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) |
| Rape | 25.5(7) | 11.6(3) | 19.5(5) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) |
| Robbery | 65.6(18) | 96.4(25) | 62.4(16) | 71.3(18) | 43.2(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 310.0(85) | 281.5(73) | 288.8(74) | 463.4(117) | 231.9(59) |
| Property crime | 1024.8(281) | 1060.4(275) | 940.5(241) | 641.7(162) | 397.1(101) |
| Burglary | 113.1(31) | 135.0(35) | 70.2(18) | 27.7(7) | 19.7(5) |
| Larceny | 565.3(155) | 620.8(161) | 448.8(115) | 328.8(83) | 192.6(49) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 331.9(91) | 304.6(79) | 409.8(105) | 281.2(71) | 176.9(45) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Imperial 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 Imperial 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 Imperial Beach calculated?
- Imperial 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 Imperial 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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