Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lake Forest, CA Crime Grade
How Lake Forest 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
2/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lake Forest, CA was 164.6 per 100,000 residents (144 incidents over a population of 87,471). That puts Lake Forest Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 60% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lake Forest (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lake Forest 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 | 63.8(55) | 119.3(102) | 133.3(114) | 150.3(129) | 164.6(144) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.8(5) | 12.9(11) | 3.5(3) | 5.8(5) | 4.6(4) |
| Robbery | 15.1(13) | 39.8(34) | 38.6(33) | 32.6(28) | 33.2(29) |
| Aggravated assault | 42.9(37) | 66.7(57) | 87.7(75) | 111.9(96) | 126.9(111) |
| Property crime | 596.6(514) | 1076.3(920) | 996.1(852) | 839.1(720) | 699.7(612) |
| Burglary | 80.1(69) | 146.2(125) | 145.0(124) | 109.5(94) | 98.3(86) |
| Larceny | 437.6(377) | 769.8(658) | 691.0(591) | 566.4(486) | 509.9(446) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 77.8(67) | 146.2(125) | 152.0(130) | 155.0(133) | 82.3(72) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lake Forest's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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