Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Signal Hill, CA Crime Grade
How Signal Hill 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
9/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Signal Hill, CA was 538.2 per 100,000 residents (60 incidents over a population of 11,149). That puts Signal Hill 65% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 30% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Signal Hill #3,335 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #302 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 43% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Signal Hill, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 538.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,335 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #302 of 371
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 43%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 11,149
- Reporting agency
- Signal Hill Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Signal Hill Police Department (FBI ORI CA0196700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Signal Hill (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Signal Hill 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 | 819.7(94) | 742.6(84) | 689.2(77) | 948.7(105) | 538.2(60) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 43.6(5) | 17.7(2) | 35.8(4) | 45.2(5) | 53.8(6) |
| Robbery | 209.3(24) | 238.7(27) | 196.9(22) | 225.9(25) | 152.5(17) |
| Aggravated assault | 566.8(65) | 486.2(55) | 456.5(51) | 677.6(75) | 331.9(37) |
| Property crime | 6470.7(742) | 6258.8(708) | 5352.2(598) | 6134.8(679) | 5031.8(561) |
| Burglary | 898.2(103) | 857.5(97) | 546.0(61) | 768.0(85) | 592.0(66) |
| Larceny | 4377.8(502) | 3509.5(397) | 3257.9(364) | 4056.7(449) | 3525.0(393) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1159.9(133) | 1821.1(206) | 1539.4(172) | 1246.8(138) | 896.9(100) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Signal Hill, 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 Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill calculated?
- Signal Hill'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 Signal Hill 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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