More violent crime is recorded per resident in Garden Grove than in 63% of U.S. towns
From 2023 to 2025, crimes Garden Grove’s police reported put it at C+ for safety: #137 of 416 graded towns in California, and #64 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Still, typical years here bring 2.3 violent crimes plus 14.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.9 plus 21.4 in the rest of California. Among its 8 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Garden Grove
1 of the 8 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 California towns on Garden Grove’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Orange (C+), Fountain Valley (C+), Los Alamitos (C−), Stanton (C−), Santa Ana (C−), Westminster (C−), Seal Beach (D), Anaheim (D). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Garden Grove’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 39% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Garden Grove’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.8 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of California (4.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of California
63.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (122 reported in 2025), below the rest of California (123) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Garden Grove reports less crime per resident than 80% (#64). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Garden Grove’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. Its violent rate (2.3) 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. Its property rate (14.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Garden Grove | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87.5 | 136 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 53.6 | 142 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 65.9 | 128 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 70.7 | 102 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Garden Grove’s police reported 1 homicides, 122 robberies and 417 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of California and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Garden Grove 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 2 violent crimes, 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 | Garden Grove property | Rest of California property | Garden Grove violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.9 | 24.8 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.7 | 18.5 | 2.4 | 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.
2,262 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.
417 violent and 1,845 property, as reported to the FBI by Garden Grove’s police.
62 people died in crashes on Garden Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Garden Grove had 59 fatal crashes in five years, in which 62 people died; 26 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 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.
Garden Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | C+ | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| Stanton | C− | 4.3 | 15.9 |
| Santa Ana | C− | 4.6 | 16.6 |
| Westminster | C− | 4.0 | 24.2 |
| Anaheim | D | 6.0 | 21.1 |
| Orange | C+ | 2.1 | 13.4 |
| Seal Beach | D | 4.2 | 26.6 |
| Los Alamitos | C− | 3.3 | 19.4 |
| Fountain Valley | C+ | 1.6 | 18.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | C+ | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| Roseville | C+ | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| Santa Rosa | C | 3.2 | 14.0 |
| Oceanside | C− | 4.2 | 16.5 |
| Palmdale | C− | 5.1 | 17.4 |
| Lancaster | D | 8.2 | 17.6 |
The five graded California towns closest to Garden Grove’s population (170,455), 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 Garden Grove. 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 Garden Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (172,490 in 2025); our figure for Garden Grove is 170,455 (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 Garden Grove
Is Garden Grove, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Garden Grove reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #137 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.3 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 Garden Grove?
2.3 violent and 14.2 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 Garden Grove in 2025?
Garden Grove’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Garden Grove safer than Stanton?
Stanton reports more crime per resident than Garden Grove: Stanton grades C− for safety and Garden Grove C+. Stanton’s police reported 4.3 violent and 15.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Garden Grove?
Garden Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Garden Grove”. 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.