Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Monica, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Monica 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
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Monica, CA was 622.0 per 100,000 residents (561 incidents over a population of 90,193). That puts Santa Monica Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 50% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Santa Monica (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Monica 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 | 598.0(541) | 854.5(765) | 874.1(774) | 754.4(671) | 622.0(561) |
| Murder | 1.1(1) | 3.4(3) | 1.1(1) | 5.6(5) | 4.4(4) |
| Rape | 42.0(38) | 48.0(43) | 56.5(50) | 72.0(64) | 52.1(47) |
| Robbery | 184.6(167) | 254.7(228) | 278.9(247) | 203.5(181) | 157.4(142) |
| Aggravated assault | 370.3(335) | 548.4(491) | 537.5(476) | 473.3(421) | 408.0(368) |
| Property crime | 4322.8(3,911) | 4606.4(4,124) | 4823.2(4,271) | 4856.8(4,320) | 4103.4(3,701) |
| Burglary | 1029.0(931) | 742.8(665) | 736.3(652) | 852.2(758) | 660.8(596) |
| Larceny | 2796.4(2,530) | 3153.2(2,823) | 3368.6(2,983) | 3387.4(3,013) | 2950.3(2,661) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 432.2(391) | 635.6(569) | 657.2(582) | 555.4(494) | 431.3(389) |
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 Monica'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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