Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Fe Springs, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Fe Springs 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Fe Springs, CA was 953.3 per 100,000 residents (177 incidents over a population of 18,568). That puts Santa Fe Springs 193% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 129% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Santa Fe Springs #3,673 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #364 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and up 84% over the last five years.
Santa Fe Springs, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 953.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,673 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #364 of 371
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- up 84%
- Population
- 18,568
- Reporting agency
- Santa Fe Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santa Fe Springs Police Department (FBI ORI CA0196400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Santa Fe Springs, CA
Also known as
- Fulton Sulphur Springs
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. Santa Fe Springs (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Fe Springs 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 | 517.1(92) | 667.3(122) | 757.2(137) | 915.6(188) | 953.3(177) |
| Murder | 11.2(2) | 16.4(3) | 49.7(9) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 16.9(3) | 49.2(9) | 27.6(5) | 53.6(11) | 26.9(5) |
| Robbery | 174.2(31) | 235.2(43) | 237.6(43) | 345.8(71) | 242.4(45) |
| Aggravated assault | 314.8(56) | 366.5(67) | 442.1(80) | 511.3(105) | 684.0(127) |
| Property crime | 5845.7(1,040) | 7362.4(1,346) | 6770.2(1,225) | 6311.5(1,296) | 5821.8(1,081) |
| Burglary | 1096.1(195) | 962.7(176) | 1326.4(240) | 1422.0(292) | 1297.9(241) |
| Larceny | 3569.2(635) | 4512.6(825) | 3719.5(673) | 3555.1(730) | 3543.7(658) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1174.8(209) | 1826.9(334) | 1669.1(302) | 1285.7(264) | 937.1(174) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santa Fe Springs, 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 Santa Fe Springs 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 Santa Fe Springs calculated?
- Santa Fe Springs'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 Santa Fe Springs 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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