Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
La Palma, CA Crime Grade
How La Palma 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
2/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in La Palma, CA was 160.2 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 14,977). That puts La Palma 51% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 61% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks La Palma #1,729 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 54% of them, and #68 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 1% over the last five years.
La Palma, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- California Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 160.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,729 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #68 of 371
- Safer than
- 54% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 1%
- Population
- 14,977
- Reporting agency
- La Palma Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by La Palma Police Department (FBI ORI CA0300600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About La Palma, CA
Also known as
- Dairyland
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 Palma (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
La Palma 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 | 162.2(25) | 242.8(37) | 106.6(16) | 208.7(31) | 160.2(24) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 19.7(3) | 6.7(1) | 26.9(4) | 20.0(3) |
| Robbery | 64.9(10) | 105.0(16) | 26.6(4) | 80.8(12) | 53.4(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 97.3(15) | 118.1(18) | 73.3(11) | 101.0(15) | 86.8(13) |
| Property crime | 1926.7(297) | 2028.1(309) | 2191.1(329) | 1824.2(271) | 1228.6(184) |
| Burglary | 330.8(51) | 229.7(35) | 266.4(40) | 350.0(52) | 187.0(28) |
| Larceny | 1466.1(226) | 1503.0(229) | 1525.1(229) | 1204.9(179) | 854.6(128) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 110.3(17) | 275.7(42) | 386.3(58) | 269.3(40) | 187.0(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the La Palma, 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 Palma 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 Palma calculated?
- La Palma'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 Palma 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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