Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oceanside, CA Crime Grade
How Oceanside 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oceanside, CA was 380.2 per 100,000 residents (647 incidents over a population of 170,168). That puts Oceanside 17% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 8% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Oceanside #2,958 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #239 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 18% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Oceanside, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 380.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,958 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #239 of 371
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 18%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 170,168
- Reporting agency
- Oceanside Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oceanside Police Department (FBI ORI CA0371000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oceanside, CA
Also known as
- Ocean Side
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. Oceanside (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oceanside 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 | 469.4(823) | 486.5(836) | 440.6(755) | 462.3(780) | 380.2(647) |
| Murder | 3.4(6) | 4.7(8) | 1.8(3) | 3.0(5) | 2.4(4) |
| Rape | 51.9(91) | 34.3(59) | 33.3(57) | 32.6(55) | 28.2(48) |
| Robbery | 98.1(172) | 100.7(173) | 65.4(112) | 84.8(143) | 51.7(88) |
| Aggravated assault | 316.0(554) | 346.8(596) | 340.2(583) | 342.0(577) | 297.9(507) |
| Property crime | 2001.9(3,510) | 2044.3(3,513) | 1812.1(3,105) | 1704.0(2,875) | 1532.6(2,608) |
| Burglary | 262.4(460) | 292.7(503) | 288.3(494) | 311.7(526) | 259.2(441) |
| Larceny | 1443.0(2,530) | 1444.9(2,483) | 1278.7(2,191) | 1178.8(1,989) | 1118.9(1,904) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 273.2(479) | 282.2(485) | 228.8(392) | 199.7(337) | 128.7(219) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oceanside, 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 Oceanside 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 Oceanside calculated?
- Oceanside'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 Oceanside 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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