Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
West Hollywood, CA Crime Grade
How West Hollywood 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 2024, the violent crime rate in West Hollywood, CA was 884.2 per 100,000 residents (300 incidents over a population of 33,928). That puts West Hollywood Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 85% above the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks West Hollywood #3,643 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #360 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and up 12% over the last five years.
West Hollywood, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 884.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,643 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #360 of 371
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- up 12%
- Population
- 33,928
- Reporting agency
- West Hollywood Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Hollywood Police Department (FBI ORI CA0191H0X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West Hollywood, CA
Also known as
- Sherman
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. West Hollywood (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West Hollywood 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 | 790.9(294) | 558.3(205) | 947.8(324) | 915.6(311) | 884.2(300) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(2) |
| Rape | 64.6(24) | 79.0(29) | 58.5(20) | 88.3(30) | 76.6(26) |
| Robbery | 373.9(139) | 223.3(82) | 362.7(124) | 382.7(130) | 315.4(107) |
| Aggravated assault | 352.4(131) | 256.0(94) | 526.5(180) | 444.5(151) | 486.3(165) |
| Property crime | 5130.1(1,907) | 3306.2(1,214) | 6655.0(2,275) | 6279.6(2,133) | 5511.7(1,870) |
| Burglary | 578.4(215) | 765.3(281) | 941.9(322) | 1071.6(364) | 854.8(290) |
| Larceny | 4212.7(1,566) | 2238.6(822) | 5139.7(1,757) | 4686.9(1,592) | 4256.1(1,444) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 314.7(117) | 277.8(102) | 520.7(178) | 471.0(160) | 380.2(129) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West Hollywood, 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 West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood calculated?
- West Hollywood'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 West Hollywood 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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