Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Laguna Hills, CA Crime Grade
How Laguna Hills 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
4/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Laguna Hills, CA was 215.6 per 100,000 residents (65 incidents over a population of 30,150). That puts Laguna Hills Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 48% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Laguna Hills #2,155 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 43% of them, and #127 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and up 18% over the last five years.
Laguna Hills, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 215.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,155 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #127 of 371
- Safer than
- 43% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- up 18%
- Population
- 30,150
- Reporting agency
- Laguna Hills Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Laguna Hills Police Department (FBI ORI CA030420X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Laguna Hills, CA
Also known as
- Laguna Hills Leisure World
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. Laguna Hills (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Laguna Hills 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 | 182.3(57) | 192.7(59) | 274.8(83) | 234.2(70) | 215.6(65) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.2(6) | 6.5(2) | 26.5(8) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(2) |
| Robbery | 51.2(16) | 45.7(14) | 53.0(16) | 97.0(29) | 36.5(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 111.9(35) | 140.5(43) | 195.3(59) | 137.1(41) | 172.5(52) |
| Property crime | 1349.8(422) | 1385.2(424) | 1301.1(393) | 1130.6(338) | 845.8(255) |
| Burglary | 233.5(73) | 467.2(143) | 341.0(103) | 140.5(42) | 119.4(36) |
| Larceny | 924.4(289) | 699.1(214) | 797.9(241) | 846.3(253) | 610.3(184) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 182.3(57) | 215.6(66) | 149.0(45) | 143.8(43) | 112.8(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Laguna Hills, 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 Laguna Hills 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 Laguna Hills calculated?
- Laguna Hills'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 Laguna Hills 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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