Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lompoc, CA Crime Grade
How Lompoc 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lompoc, CA was 398.1 per 100,000 residents (173 incidents over a population of 43,455). That puts Lompoc Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 4% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Lompoc #3,018 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #249 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Lompoc, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 398.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,018 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #249 of 371
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 43,455
- Reporting agency
- Lompoc Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lompoc Police Department (FBI ORI CA0420200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lompoc, CA
Also known as
- Lompoco
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. Lompoc (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lompoc 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 | 556.9(239) | 500.4(217) | 483.7(210) | 504.6(215) | 398.1(173) |
| Murder | 9.3(4) | 11.5(5) | 4.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 58.3(25) | 50.7(22) | 27.6(12) | 61.0(26) | 41.4(18) |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lompoc, 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 Lompoc 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 Lompoc calculated?
- Lompoc'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 Lompoc 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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