Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
La Canada Flintridge, CA Crime Grade
How La Canada Flintridge 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in La Canada Flintridge, CA was 88.4 per 100,000 residents (17 incidents over a population of 19,229). That puts La Canada Flintridge 76% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 82% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks La Canada Flintridge #986 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 74% of them, and #21 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 45% year over year and up 19% over the last five years.
La Canada Flintridge, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- California Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 88.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #986 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #21 of 371
- Safer than
- 74% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 45%
- 5-year change
- up 19%
- Population
- 19,229
- Reporting agency
- La Canada Flintridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by La Canada Flintridge Police Department (FBI ORI CA019900X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About La Canada Flintridge, CA
Also known as
- La Canada
- Flintridge
Location
8 km (5 mi) northeast of Glendale. (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. La Canada Flintridge (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
La Canada Flintridge 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 74.2(15) | 70.1(14) | 121.9(24) | 159.9(31) | 88.4(17) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 9.9(2) | 15.0(3) | 10.2(2) | 5.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 29.7(6) | 20.0(4) | 30.5(6) | 46.4(9) | 20.8(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 34.6(7) | 35.0(7) | 81.3(16) | 108.3(21) | 67.6(13) |
| Property crime | 1597.2(323) | 1326.2(265) | 1824.0(359) | 1924.1(373) | 1528.9(294) |
| Burglary | 563.7(114) | 360.3(72) | 538.6(106) | 490.0(95) | 514.8(99) |
| Larceny | 979.1(198) | 850.8(170) | 1244.8(245) | 1351.5(262) | 946.5(182) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 54.4(11) | 100.1(20) | 30.5(6) | 77.4(15) | 57.2(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the La Canada Flintridge, 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 La Canada Flintridge 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 La Canada Flintridge calculated?
- La Canada Flintridge'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 La Canada Flintridge 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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