Neutra, Richard and Dion, VDL Research Houses and Studio · Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 3.0Los Angeles sees more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
It has more violent crime than 95% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 81%. From 2023 to 2025, crimes Los Angeles’ police reported put it at D for safety: #365 of 416 graded towns in California, and #224 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Its police logs show 7.4 violent crimes and 21.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of California the numbers are 4.5 and 21.3. The graded rate fell 21% 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 Los Angeles
5 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 California towns on Los Angeles’ borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Rancho Palos Verdes (B+), Glendale (C), Pasadena (D), Burbank (D), Carson (D), Inglewood (D), Santa Monica (D−). West Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Los Angeles’ police reported 225 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 7.1 per 100,000 residents a year, 1.9 times the rest of California (3.8) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 1.9 times the rest of California
209 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (7,230 reported in 2025), 1.9 times the rest of California (112) and 2.6 times 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, Los Angeles reports less crime per resident than 31% (#224). 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 Los Angeles’ 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Los Angeles | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.2 | 5.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Los Angeles | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 240 | 121 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 230 | 129 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 210 | 116 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 187 | 90.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Los Angeles’ police reported 225 homicides, 7,230 robberies and 25,870 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Los Angeles property | Rest of California property | Los Angeles violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.1 | 24.5 | 8.3 | 4.6 |
| 2023 | 28.5 | 24.5 | 8.2 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 7.3 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 6.7 | 4.0 |
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 Los Angeles 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
112,483 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.
25,870 violent and 86,613 property, as reported to the FBI by Los Angeles’ police.
715 of the 1,591 people who died in crashes on Los Angeles’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Los Angeles had 1,513 fatal crashes in five years, in which 1,591 people died. 69 of those killed were cyclists. 254 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Los Angeles has the 10th lowest rate.
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.
Los Angeles and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| Santa Monica | D− | 7.6 | 45.3 |
| Glendale | C | 2.5 | 20.4 |
| Pasadena | D | 4.8 | 25.3 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Burbank | D | 3.7 | 29.0 |
| Inglewood | D | 7.1 | 35.2 |
| Carson | D | 4.3 | 27.4 |
| West Rancho Dominguez | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
U.S. cities of a million or more
| City | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| New York City | D | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Houston | D− | 10.4 | 42.0 |
| Phoenix | D | 7.6 | 22.8 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| San Antonio | D− | 6.0 | 46.3 |
| San Diego | C− | 4.0 | 16.7 |
| Dallas | D | 6.3 | 34.7 |
| Fort Worth | D | 4.4 | 25.1 |
| Austin | D | 4.6 | 32.0 |
Every U.S. city of 1,000,000+ with a Safety Grade, largest first; each city’s own police figures, 2023–2025.
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 Los Angeles. 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 Los Angeles’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,874,484 in 2025); our figure for Los Angeles is 3,869,089 (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 Los Angeles
Is Los Angeles, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Los Angeles reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #365 of 416 in California. Its police reported 7.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.5 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Los Angeles?
7.4 violent and 21.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.5 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Los Angeles in 2025?
Los Angeles’s police reported 225 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Los Angeles safer than Santa Monica?
Santa Monica reports more crime per resident than Los Angeles: Santa Monica grades D− for safety and Los Angeles D. Santa Monica’s police reported 7.6 violent and 45.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Los Angeles?
Los Angeles’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Los Angeles”. 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.