Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Seal Beach, CA Crime Grade
How Seal Beach 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Seal Beach, CA was 490.1 per 100,000 residents (118 incidents over a population of 24,079). That puts Seal Beach 34% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 2% above the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Seal Beach #3,259 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #282 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 24% year over year and up 522% over the last five years.
Seal Beach, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 490.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,259 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #282 of 371
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 24%
- 5-year change
- up 522%
- Population
- 24,079
- Reporting agency
- Seal Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Seal Beach Police Department (FBI ORI CA0302000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Seal Beach, CA
Also known as
- Bay City
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. Seal Beach (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Seal Beach vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 78.8(19) | 108.9(26) | 316.2(78) | 394.2(96) | 490.1(118) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 4.1(1) | 25.1(6) | 20.3(5) | 28.7(7) | 4.2(1) |
| Robbery | 41.5(10) | 33.5(8) | 40.5(10) | 53.4(13) | 74.8(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 33.2(8) | 50.3(12) | 255.4(63) | 308.0(75) | 411.1(99) |
| Property crime | 2284.4(551) | 2362.5(564) | 2473.1(610) | 2710.0(660) | 2765.9(666) |
| Burglary | 257.0(62) | 251.3(60) | 494.6(122) | 439.4(107) | 386.2(93) |
| Larceny | 1898.8(458) | 1922.7(459) | 1747.4(431) | 2069.5(504) | 2259.2(544) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 128.5(31) | 175.9(42) | 214.9(53) | 193.0(47) | 116.3(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Seal Beach, 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 Seal Beach 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 Seal Beach calculated?
- Seal Beach'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 Seal Beach 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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