Photo: Justefrain · CC BY-SA 3.0Commerce reports more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
On crimes reported to the FBI by Commerce’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #414 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 Commerce
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Commerce’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Bell Gardens (C), Bell (C−), Montebello (D), Los Angeles (D). East Los Angeles is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Downey reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Commerce has 44,133 jobs based in town for 11,688 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Commerce’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Commerce’s police reported 478 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 13.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Commerce | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 14.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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.
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| Year | Commerce property | Rest of California property | Commerce violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 138.6 | 24.8 | 15.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 139.0 | 24.9 | 14.0 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 123.6 | 20.8 | 14.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 107.9 | 18.4 | 12.7 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 108 property crimes reported
And about 13 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.
1,421 crimes reported in 2025
150 violent and 1,271 property, as reported to the FBI by Commerce’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
15 people died in crashes on Commerce’s roads in 2019–2023
Commerce had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (8 of 15) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 25.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.6, 355 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.
Commerce and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | D− | 13.7 | 123.4 |
| Montebello | D | 4.8 | 26.5 |
| East Los Angeles | — | — | — |
| Bell | C− | 5.8 | 12.5 |
| Bell Gardens | C | 3.8 | 13.5 |
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| Downey | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Los Angeles is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Downey reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | D− | 13.7 | 123.4 |
| San Marino | B | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| Fortuna | B− | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| Scotts Valley | C+ | 2.2 | 14.6 |
| Los Alamitos | C− | 3.3 | 19.4 |
| Tehachapi | C− | 4.6 | 21.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Commerce’s population (11,688), 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 Commerce. 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 Commerce’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,776 in 2025); our figure for Commerce is 11,688 (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 Commerce
Is Commerce, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Commerce reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #414 of 416 in California. Its police reported 13.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Commerce?
13.7 violent and 123.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Commerce?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Commerce safer than Montebello?
Montebello reports less crime per resident than Commerce: Montebello grades D for safety and Commerce D−. Montebello’s police reported 4.8 violent and 26.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Commerce?
Commerce’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Commerce”. 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.