Photo: Toksave · CC BY-SA 3.0Huntington Beach has more property crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 2.0 violent crimes and 18.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California. Weighing it all, Huntington Beach earns C for safety (#163 of 416 graded towns in California, and #78 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), with more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Huntington Beach
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 California towns on Huntington Beach’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Fountain Valley (C+), Westminster (C−), Seal Beach (D). Costa Mesa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Midway City is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Huntington Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 61% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 34% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Huntington Beach’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.9 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
42.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (54 reported in 2025), below the rest of California (124) 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, Huntington Beach reports less crime per resident than 76% (#78). Places like 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 Huntington Beach’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 (2.0) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Huntington Beach property | Rest of California property | Huntington Beach violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.4 | 24.8 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Huntington Beach | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Huntington Beach | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55.5 | 136 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 47.8 | 142 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 51.0 | 128 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 28.1 | 102 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Huntington Beach’s police reported 2 homicides, 54 robberies and 350 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 Huntington Beach 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.
3,133 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.
350 violent and 2,783 property, as reported to the FBI by Huntington Beach’s police.
76 people died in crashes on Huntington Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Huntington Beach had 74 fatal crashes in five years, in which 76 people died; 33 were pedestrians and 9 were cyclists. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 7.8 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.
Huntington Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Beach | C | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| Westminster | C− | 4.0 | 24.2 |
| Seal Beach | D | 4.2 | 26.6 |
| Fountain Valley | C+ | 1.6 | 18.3 |
| Costa Mesa | — | — | — |
| Midway City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Costa Mesa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Midway City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Beach | C | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| Elk Grove | B− | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| Santa Rosa | C | 3.2 | 14.0 |
| Glendale | C | 2.5 | 20.4 |
| Ontario | C | 2.8 | 19.0 |
| Oxnard | C− | 5.9 | 17.4 |
The five graded California towns closest to Huntington Beach’s population (191,451), 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 Huntington Beach. 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 Huntington Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (191,856 in 2025); our figure for Huntington Beach is 191,451 (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 Huntington Beach
Is Huntington Beach, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Huntington Beach reports more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #163 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.0 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 Huntington Beach?
2.0 violent and 18.2 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 Huntington Beach in 2025?
Huntington Beach’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Huntington Beach safer than Westminster?
Westminster reports more crime per resident than Huntington Beach: Westminster grades C− for safety and Huntington Beach C. Westminster’s police reported 4.0 violent and 24.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Huntington Beach?
Huntington Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Huntington Beach”. 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.