Photo: Ganeshk · CC BY-SA 3.0For violent crime, Artesia trails 87% of U.S. towns per resident
The grade is C−, built on crimes Artesia’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #314 of 416 graded towns in California. Still, the graded rate fell 19% from 2023 to 2025. Each year brought 4.8 violent crimes and 21.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California).
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 Artesia
Artesia reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 California towns on Artesia’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cerritos (D). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Artesia’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Artesia property | Rest of California property | Artesia violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.5 | 24.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 22.1 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Crime in Artesia 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Artesia | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Artesia’s police reported 223 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
346 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.
68 violent and 278 property, as reported to the FBI by Artesia’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Artesia’s roads in 2019–2023
Artesia had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Artesia’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Artesia’s own rate (3.8) 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.
Artesia and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia | C− | 4.8 | 21.1 |
| Moraga | A− | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| Ripon | B | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| Blythe | C | 5.5 | 9.6 |
| Ukiah | C− | 5.6 | 13.6 |
| El Segundo | D− | 4.6 | 51.7 |
The five graded California towns closest to Artesia’s population (15,789), 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 Artesia. 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 Artesia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,497 in 2025); our figure for Artesia is 15,789 (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 Artesia
Is Artesia, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Artesia reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #314 of 416 in California. Its police reported 4.8 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 Artesia?
4.8 violent and 21.1 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.
Is Artesia safer than Cerritos?
Cerritos reports more crime per resident than Artesia: Cerritos grades D for safety and Artesia C−. Cerritos’s police reported 3.0 violent and 46.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Artesia?
Artesia’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Artesia”. 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.