Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0In Laguna Hills, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 32% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violence and property crime split as 2.4 violent crimes and 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California. On property crime it beats 51% of U.S. towns; on violent crime, only 36%. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Laguna Hills at B− (#103 of 416 graded towns in California): close to the middle of U.S. towns.
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 Laguna Hills
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Laguna Hills’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Laguna Woods (A−), Aliso Viejo (B+), Laguna Niguel (B+), Lake Forest (B), Mission Viejo (B), Irvine (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Laguna Hills’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 75% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 46% 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 Laguna Hills’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Laguna Hills’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.4) 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 | Laguna Hills property | Rest of California property | Laguna Hills violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.7 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 12.8 | 25.0 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 2.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 18.5 | 2.2 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Laguna Hills | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Laguna Hills’ police reported 217 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Laguna Hills 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.
319 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.
65 violent and 254 property, as reported to the FBI by Laguna Hills’ police.
10 people died in crashes on Laguna Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Laguna Hills had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.5 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.
Laguna Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Hills | B− | 2.4 | 10.8 |
| Laguna Woods | A− | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| Laguna Niguel | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Aliso Viejo | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Mission Viejo | B | 1.2 | 11.0 |
| Irvine | B− | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| Lake Forest | B | 1.5 | 8.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Hills | B− | 2.4 | 10.8 |
| Saratoga | A− | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| Atascadero | B | 1.8 | 9.0 |
| Suisun City | C | 3.5 | 15.0 |
| La Verne | C | 1.9 | 22.3 |
| Lawndale | D | 6.0 | 18.6 |
The five graded California towns closest to Laguna Hills’ population (30,020), 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 Laguna Hills. 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 Laguna Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,150 in 2025); our figure for Laguna Hills is 30,020 (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 Laguna Hills
Is Laguna Hills, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Laguna Hills reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #103 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.4 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 Laguna Hills?
2.4 violent and 10.8 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 Laguna Hills in 2025?
Laguna Hills’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Laguna Hills safer than Laguna Woods?
Laguna Woods reports less crime per resident than Laguna Hills: Laguna Woods grades A− for safety and Laguna Hills B−. Laguna Woods’s police reported 0.6 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Laguna Hills?
Laguna Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Laguna Hills”. 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.