Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pacific Grove, CA Crime Grade
How Pacific Grove 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
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pacific Grove, CA was 101.4 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 14,792). That puts Pacific Grove 69% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 76% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Pacific Grove #1,147 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #32 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Pacific Grove, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- California Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 101.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,147 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #32 of 371
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 14,792
- Reporting agency
- Pacific Grove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pacific Grove Police Department (FBI ORI CA0270700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Pacific Grove (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pacific Grove 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 | 150.1(23) | 87.2(13) | 163.8(24) | 143.4(21) | 101.4(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 13.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 27.3(4) | 20.5(3) | 33.8(5) |
| Robbery | 6.5(1) | 6.7(1) | 13.7(2) | 20.5(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 130.5(20) | 80.5(12) | 122.9(18) | 102.4(15) | 67.6(10) |
| Property crime | 1612.1(247) | 778.4(116) | 784.9(115) | 914.7(134) | 757.2(112) |
| Burglary | 411.2(63) | 87.2(13) | 88.7(13) | 88.7(13) | 40.6(6) |
| Larceny | 1142.1(175) | 671.1(100) | 655.2(96) | 785.0(115) | 669.3(99) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 58.7(9) | 20.1(3) | 41.0(6) | 41.0(6) | 33.8(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pacific Grove, 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 Pacific Grove 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 Pacific Grove calculated?
- Pacific Grove'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 Pacific Grove 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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