Photo: Jengod · CC BY-SA 4.0Gardena reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Gardena’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #380 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 Gardena
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 California towns on Gardena’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Torrance (C−), Los Angeles (D). Alondra Park is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. 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 Gardena’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Gardena’s police reported 1,195 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.9 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 | Gardena | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 30 property crimes reported
And about 6 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.
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 | Gardena property | Rest of California property | Gardena violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.5 | 24.8 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 32.0 | 24.9 | 7.4 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 30.5 | 20.8 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 29.9 | 18.5 | 6.2 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
2,106 crimes reported in 2025
360 violent and 1,746 property, as reported to the FBI by Gardena’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 Gardena’s roads in 2019–2023
Gardena had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 5.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Gardena and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardena | D | 6.9 | 30.8 |
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| Torrance | C− | 2.9 | 26.7 |
| Alondra Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Alondra Park is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardena | D | 6.9 | 30.8 |
| Santee | B | 2.4 | 6.7 |
| Cupertino | B− | 1.0 | 14.1 |
| Pico Rivera | C− | 4.9 | 22.1 |
| San Rafael | D | 4.8 | 24.1 |
| National City | D | 6.6 | 19.1 |
The five graded California towns closest to Gardena’s population (58,460), 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 Gardena. 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 Gardena’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,456 in 2025); our figure for Gardena is 58,460 (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 Gardena
Is Gardena, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Gardena reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #380 of 416 in California. Its police reported 6.9 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 Gardena?
6.9 violent and 30.8 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 Gardena?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Gardena in 2025?
Gardena’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Gardena safer than Los Angeles?
Los Angeles reports less crime per resident than Gardena: Los Angeles grades D for safety and Gardena D. Los Angeles’s police reported 7.4 violent and 21.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Gardena?
Gardena’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Gardena”. 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.