Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Manhattan Beach, CA Crime Grade
How Manhattan 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
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 Manhattan Beach, CA was 121.3 per 100,000 residents (40 incidents over a population of 32,989). That puts Manhattan Beach 63% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 71% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Manhattan Beach #1,353 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #44 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Manhattan Beach, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- California Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 121.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,353 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #44 of 371
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 32,989
- Reporting agency
- Manhattan Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Manhattan Beach Police Department (FBI ORI CA0194400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Manhattan Beach, CA
Also known as
- Manhattan
- Shore Acres
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. Manhattan Beach (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Manhattan 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 | 130.7(46) | 191.8(65) | 250.5(84) | 152.8(50) | 121.3(40) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.4(4) | 41.3(14) | 23.9(8) | 18.3(6) | 21.2(7) |
| Robbery | 71.0(25) | 50.2(17) | 107.4(36) | 48.9(16) | 39.4(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 48.3(17) | 100.3(34) | 119.3(40) | 82.5(27) | 60.6(20) |
| Property crime | 2230.7(785) | 2965.7(1,005) | 2767.3(928) | 2545.5(833) | 2206.8(728) |
| Burglary | 341.0(120) | 407.2(138) | 342.9(115) | 409.5(134) | 291.0(96) |
| Larceny | 1628.3(573) | 2233.8(757) | 2191.8(735) | 1894.6(620) | 1730.9(571) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 258.6(91) | 324.6(110) | 223.7(75) | 232.2(76) | 181.9(60) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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 Manhattan Beach calculated?
- Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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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