Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Long Beach, CA Crime Grade
How Long Beach 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
9/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Long Beach, CA was 620.8 per 100,000 residents (2,777 incidents over a population of 447,317). That puts Long Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Long Beach #3,442 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #326 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and up 23% over the last five years.
Long Beach, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 620.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,442 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #326 of 371
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- up 23%
- Population
- 447,317
- Reporting agency
- Long Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Long Beach Police Department (FBI ORI CA0194100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Long Beach, CA
Also known as
- Willmore City
Location
On the north shore of San Pedro Bay, 9 km (5.6 mi) west-northwest of Seal Beach and 9.6 km (6 mi) south of Lakewood. (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. Long Beach (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Long Beach 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 | 506.4(2,343) | 557.5(2,495) | 636.6(2,829) | 690.0(3,065) | 620.8(2,777) |
| Murder | 7.8(36) | 8.3(37) | 6.1(27) | 8.3(37) | 6.5(29) |
| Rape | 52.3(242) | 46.3(207) | 40.7(181) | 46.8(208) | 38.2(171) |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Long Beach, 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach calculated?
- Long Beach'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 Long Beach 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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