Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Aliso Viejo than in 67% of U.S. towns
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Scored on crimes Aliso Viejo’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B+ for safety: #32 of 416 graded towns in California. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 1.2 violent crimes and 7.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of California, the figures are 4.9 and 21.4.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Aliso Viejo
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 California towns on Aliso Viejo’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Laguna Woods (A−), Laguna Niguel (B+), Laguna Hills (B−), Laguna Beach (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Aliso Viejo’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 92% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Aliso Viejo’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Aliso Viejo | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Aliso Viejo’s police reported 184 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Aliso Viejo per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Aliso Viejo property | Rest of California property | Aliso Viejo violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.8 | 24.8 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 25.0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 18.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
368 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
60 violent and 308 property, as reported to the FBI by Aliso Viejo’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Aliso Viejo’s roads in 2019–2023
Aliso Viejo had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Aliso Viejo’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Aliso Viejo’s own rate (3.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Aliso Viejo and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliso Viejo | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Laguna Woods | A− | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| Laguna Niguel | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Laguna Hills | B− | 2.4 | 10.8 |
| Laguna Beach | C+ | 2.9 | 11.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliso Viejo | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Poway | B+ | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| Los Banos | C+ | 2.2 | 16.3 |
| Glendora | C | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| Covina | C | 3.3 | 16.9 |
| Rosemead | C− | 3.9 | 24.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Aliso Viejo’s population (49,844), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Aliso Viejo. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Aliso Viejo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (50,060 in 2025); our figure for Aliso Viejo is 49,844 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Aliso Viejo
Is Aliso Viejo, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Aliso Viejo reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #32 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Aliso Viejo?
1.2 violent and 7.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Aliso Viejo in 2025?
Aliso Viejo’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Aliso Viejo safer than Laguna Woods?
Laguna Woods reports less crime per resident than Aliso Viejo: Laguna Woods grades A− for safety and Aliso Viejo B+. Laguna Woods’s police reported 0.6 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Aliso Viejo?
Aliso Viejo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Aliso Viejo”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.