Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mission Viejo, CA Crime Grade
How Mission Viejo 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 Mission Viejo, CA was 117.4 per 100,000 residents (107 incidents over a population of 91,142). That puts Mission Viejo 64% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 72% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Mission Viejo (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mission Viejo 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 | 56.2(53) | 101.8(93) | 144.0(131) | 99.2(89) | 117.4(107) |
| Murder | 1.1(1) | 1.1(1) | 1.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.2(2) |
| Rape | 7.4(7) | 9.8(9) | 3.3(3) | 4.5(4) | 16.5(15) |
| Robbery | 13.8(13) | 25.2(23) | 39.6(36) | 32.3(29) | 35.1(32) |
| Aggravated assault | 33.9(32) | 65.7(60) | 100.1(91) | 62.4(56) | 63.6(58) |
| Property crime | 550.1(519) | 1212.5(1,108) | 1266.7(1,152) | 1191.8(1,069) | 856.9(781) |
| Burglary | 66.8(63) | 130.2(119) | 127.6(116) | 109.3(98) | 62.5(57) |
| Larceny | 435.6(411) | 966.3(883) | 985.2(896) | 977.7(877) | 700.0(638) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 46.6(44) | 114.9(105) | 146.2(133) | 100.3(90) | 92.2(84) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Mission Viejo's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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