Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Los Angeles, CA Crime Grade
How Los Angeles 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
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Los Angeles, CA was 667.8 per 100,000 residents (25,872 incidents over a population of 3,874,484). That puts Los Angeles Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 61% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Los Angeles #3,490 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #338 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Los Angeles, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 667.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,490 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #338 of 371
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 3,874,484
- Reporting agency
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Los Angeles Police Department (FBI ORI CA0194200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Los Angeles, CA
Also known as
- El Pueblo del Rio de Nuestra Senora
- Cuidad De los Angelos
- El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porcivncula
- Pueblo Los Angelos
- La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula
- Pueblo De Los Angeles
Location
In southwestern California, bound on the north by Glendale, on the east by Anaheim, on the south by Long Beach, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. (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. Los Angeles (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Los Angeles 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 | 721.9(28,882) | 834.1(31,772) | 820.0(31,047) | 730.3(27,723) | 667.8(25,872) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles calculated?
- Los Angeles'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 Los Angeles 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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