Photo: Tracie Hall from Orange County, us · CC BY-SA 2.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Lomita than in 82% of U.S. towns
The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes Lomita’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #253 of 416 graded towns in California. For every 1,000 residents, 4.0 violent crimes and 17.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of California, the figures are 4.9 and 21.4. Next door, 2 of 4 towns with figures record 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 Lomita
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 California towns on Lomita’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Rancho Palos Verdes (B+), Rolling Hills Estates (C+), Torrance (C−), Los Angeles (D). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Lomita’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 39% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lomita’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.
Crime in Lomita 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lomita | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lomita’s police reported 235 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lomita property | Rest of California property | Lomita violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 24.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 17.9 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 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.
437 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.
84 violent and 353 property, as reported to the FBI by Lomita’s police.
No one died in a crash on Lomita’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lomita’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lomita’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Lomita and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomita | C− | 4.0 | 17.6 |
| Rolling Hills Estates | C+ | 1.5 | 16.6 |
| Torrance | C− | 2.9 | 26.7 |
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomita | C− | 4.0 | 17.6 |
| Orinda | B+ | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| Agoura Hills | B | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| La Cañada Flintridge | B− | 1.1 | 16.1 |
| Albany | C− | 1.7 | 25.7 |
| Arcata | C− | 4.9 | 18.0 |
The five graded California towns closest to Lomita’s population (19,724), 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 Lomita. 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 Lomita’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,591 in 2025); our figure for Lomita is 19,724 (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 Lomita
Is Lomita, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lomita reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #253 of 416 in California. Its police reported 4.0 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 Lomita?
4.0 violent and 17.6 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.
Is Lomita safer than Rolling Hills Estates?
Rolling Hills Estates reports less crime per resident than Lomita: Rolling Hills Estates grades C+ for safety and Lomita C−. Rolling Hills Estates’s police reported 1.5 violent and 16.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lomita?
Lomita’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lomita”. 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.