Mission de la Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima Site · Photo: Jsweida · CC BY-SA 3.0For violent crime, Lompoc trails 86% of U.S. towns per resident
Typical years here bring 4.6 violent crimes plus 14.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.9 plus 21.4 in the rest of California. On top of that, the rate the grade counts dropped 35% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, Lompoc grades C− for safety (#253 of 416 graded towns in California): more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 Lompoc
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Lompoc’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 ↓
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 Lompoc’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. Its property rate (14.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Lompoc property | Rest of California property | Lompoc violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.5 | 24.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 20.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 4.1 | 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.
Crime in Lompoc 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 | Lompoc | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lompoc’s police reported 600 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
633 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.
176 violent and 457 property, as reported to the FBI by Lompoc’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Lompoc’s roads in 2019–2023
Lompoc had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lompoc’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lompoc’s own rate (2.7) 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.
Lompoc and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lompoc | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
| Mission Hills | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mission Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lompoc | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
| Danville | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| El Centro | C+ | 3.0 | 12.4 |
| Lathrop | C+ | 2.9 | 13.9 |
| San Bruno | C | 2.9 | 18.4 |
| Campbell | D | 4.0 | 26.7 |
The five graded California towns closest to Lompoc’s population (43,315), 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 Lompoc. 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 Lompoc’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (43,455 in 2025); our figure for Lompoc is 43,315 (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 Lompoc
Is Lompoc, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lompoc reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #253 of 416 in California. Its police reported 4.6 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 Lompoc?
4.6 violent and 14.3 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 Lompoc in 2025?
Lompoc’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.
Who polices Lompoc?
Lompoc’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lompoc”. 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.