Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Ana, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Ana 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Ana, CA was 332.0 per 100,000 residents (1,054 incidents over a population of 317,439). That puts Santa Ana Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 20% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Santa Ana (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Ana 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 435.5(1,453) | 429.0(1,429) | 566.8(1,742) | 496.9(1,542) | 332.0(1,054) |
| Murder | 3.9(13) | 4.5(15) | 2.0(6) | 4.8(15) | 3.8(12) |
| Rape | 62.0(207) | 43.5(145) | 67.0(206) | 53.2(165) | 34.3(109) |
| Robbery | 141.5(472) | 120.4(401) | 126.6(389) | 106.7(331) | 79.7(253) |
| Aggravated assault | 228.1(761) | 260.6(868) | 371.3(1,141) | 332.3(1,031) | 214.2(680) |
| Property crime | 2055.1(6,857) | 2098.4(6,990) | 2060.3(6,332) | 1721.2(5,341) | 1309.2(4,156) |
| Burglary | 255.9(854) | 341.0(1,136) | 379.4(1,166) | 229.1(711) | 214.5(681) |
| Larceny | 1381.9(4,611) | 1224.2(4,078) | 1253.7(3,853) | 1167.9(3,624) | 870.4(2,763) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 402.5(1,343) | 513.9(1,712) | 410.0(1,260) | 316.5(982) | 214.8(682) |
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: Santa Ana'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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