Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lemon Grove, CA Crime Grade
How Lemon Grove 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lemon Grove, CA was 337.0 per 100,000 residents (94 incidents over a population of 27,896). That puts Lemon Grove Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 19% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Lemon Grove #2,786 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #206 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 49% over the last five years.
Lemon Grove, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 337.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,786 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #206 of 371
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 49%
- Population
- 27,896
- Reporting agency
- Lemon Grove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lemon Grove Police Department (FBI ORI CA037A100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lemon Grove, CA
Also known as
- Lemongrove
Location
Located east of San Diego and south of La Mesa, and 5.6 km (3.5 mi) northwest of Sweetwater Reservoir. (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. Lemon Grove (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lemon Grove 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 | 664.2(177) | 617.5(168) | 628.9(170) | 453.6(125) | 337.0(94) |
| Murder | 7.5(2) | 11.0(3) | 7.4(2) | 10.9(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 22.5(6) | 14.7(4) | 7.4(2) | 3.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 138.9(37) | 165.4(45) | 111.0(30) | 137.9(38) | 57.4(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 495.4(132) | 426.3(116) | 503.1(136) | 301.2(83) | 279.6(78) |
| Property crime | 1838.9(490) | 1775.2(483) | 1553.8(420) | 1114.0(307) | 749.2(209) |
| Burglary | 304.0(81) | 257.3(70) | 207.2(56) | 181.4(50) | 86.0(24) |
| Larceny | 1107.1(295) | 966.6(263) | 887.9(240) | 613.2(169) | 487.5(136) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 420.3(112) | 525.6(143) | 440.2(119) | 301.2(83) | 161.3(45) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lemon Grove, 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 Lemon Grove 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 Lemon Grove calculated?
- Lemon Grove'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 Lemon Grove 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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