Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pasadena, CA Crime Grade
How Pasadena 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pasadena, CA was 420.7 per 100,000 residents (575 incidents over a population of 136,663). That puts Pasadena Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 1% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Pasadena #3,100 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #261 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and up 44% over the last five years.
Pasadena, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 420.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,100 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #261 of 371
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- up 44%
- Population
- 136,663
- Reporting agency
- Pasadena Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pasadena Police Department (FBI ORI CA0195300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pasadena, CA
Also known as
- Indiana Colony
- Pasedena
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. Pasadena (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pasadena 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 | 292.6(414) | 382.6(510) | 533.2(705) | 485.0(640) | 420.7(575) |
| Murder | 4.9(7) | 5.3(7) | 4.5(6) | 0.0(0) | 0.7(1) |
| Rape | 36.0(51) | 21.0(28) | 35.5(47) | 35.6(47) | 30.7(42) |
| Robbery | 83.4(118) | 87.8(117) | 127.8(169) | 119.7(158) | 116.3(159) |
| Aggravated assault | 168.2(238) | 268.5(358) | 365.3(483) | 329.6(435) | 272.9(373) |
| Property crime | 2156.6(3,051) | 2318.6(3,091) | 2644.3(3,496) | 2794.7(3,688) | 2348.1(3,209) |
| Burglary | 462.3(654) | 407.3(543) | 418.3(553) | 562.3(742) | 418.5(572) |
| Larceny | 1424.3(2,015) | 1635.3(2,180) | 1968.8(2,603) | 1930.8(2,548) | 1683.0(2,300) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 248.8(352) | 251.3(335) | 229.9(304) | 275.8(364) | 205.6(281) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pasadena, 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 Pasadena 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 Pasadena calculated?
- Pasadena'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 Pasadena 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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