Photo: Biff.Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0The crimes the grade counts fell 31% per resident in Laguna Niguel from 2023 to 2025
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Laguna Niguel grades B+ for safety overall (#34 of 416 graded towns in California): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.1 violent crimes and 8.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of 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 Laguna Niguel
1 of the 6 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Laguna Niguel’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Aliso Viejo (B+), Dana Point (B), Mission Viejo (B), San Juan Capistrano (B−), Laguna Hills (B−), Laguna Beach (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Laguna Niguel’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 92% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 65% 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 Niguel’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Laguna Niguel property | Rest of California property | Laguna Niguel violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.4 | 24.8 | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 9.0 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 6.4 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 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 Niguel | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Laguna Niguel’s police reported 217 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Niguel 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
482 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.
72 violent and 410 property, as reported to the FBI by Laguna Niguel’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Laguna Niguel’s roads in 2019–2023
Laguna Niguel had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 3.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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 Niguel and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Niguel | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| San Juan Capistrano | B− | 1.9 | 9.8 |
| Laguna Beach | C+ | 2.9 | 11.9 |
| Dana Point | B | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Laguna Hills | B− | 2.4 | 10.8 |
| Aliso Viejo | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Mission Viejo | B | 1.2 | 11.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Niguel | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Yorba Linda | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| South San Francisco | C | 3.3 | 16.6 |
| Porterville | C | 3.9 | 16.1 |
| Union City | C− | 4.5 | 24.0 |
| Lynwood | D | 8.0 | 27.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Laguna Niguel’s population (64,107), 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 Niguel. 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 Laguna Niguel’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,098 in 2025); our figure for Laguna Niguel is 64,107 (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 Niguel
Is Laguna Niguel, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Laguna Niguel reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #34 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.1 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 Niguel?
1.1 violent and 8.4 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 Niguel in 2025?
Laguna Niguel’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 Niguel safer than San Juan Capistrano?
San Juan Capistrano reports more crime per resident than Laguna Niguel: San Juan Capistrano grades B− for safety and Laguna Niguel B+. San Juan Capistrano’s police reported 1.9 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Laguna Niguel?
Laguna Niguel’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Laguna Niguel”. 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.