Photo: Phydend at English Wikipedia · Public domainBuena Park reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Buena Park’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #266 of 416 graded towns in 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 Buena Park
3 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 California towns on Buena Park’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: La Palma (C+), La Mirada (C+), Cypress (C), Fullerton (C−), Anaheim (D). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Buena Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 36% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 21% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Buena Park’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Buena Park property | Rest of California property | Buena Park violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 24.8 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 28.5 | 24.9 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 20 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Buena Park’s police reported 667 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Buena Park | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
1,871 crimes reported in 2025
232 violent and 1,639 property, as reported to the FBI by Buena Park’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
31 people died in crashes on Buena Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Buena Park had 31 fatal crashes in five years, in which 31 people died; 11 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 231 towns).
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.
Buena Park and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Park | C− | 2.7 | 24.0 |
| Newport Beach | C | 2.4 | 18.1 |
| Livermore | C | 2.1 | 20.2 |
| Perris | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Redwood City | C− | 4.4 | 17.5 |
| Hawthorne | D | 6.5 | 22.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Buena Park’s population (81,741), by grade.
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 Buena Park. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Buena Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (82,300 in 2025); our figure for Buena Park is 81,741 (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 Buena Park
Is Buena Park, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Buena Park reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #266 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.7 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 Buena Park?
2.7 violent and 24.0 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 crime going up or down in Buena Park?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Buena Park in 2025?
Buena Park’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Buena Park safer than Anaheim?
Anaheim reports more crime per resident than Buena Park: Anaheim grades D for safety and Buena Park C−. Anaheim’s police reported 6.0 violent and 21.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Buena Park?
Buena Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Buena Park”. 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.