Photo: Octaviogonz · CC BY-SA 4.0Lynwood has more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 16% from 2023 to 2025. A Safety Grade of D follows from crimes Lynwood’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #387 of 416 graded towns in California. Year on year, 8.0 violent crimes and 27.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.8 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 Lynwood
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Lynwood’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Paramount (D), Los Angeles (D), South Gate (D), Compton (D−). East Rancho Dominguez and Willowbrook are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
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 Lynwood’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lynwood | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lynwood’s police reported 1,505 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lynwood property | Rest of California property | Lynwood violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 8.0 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 28.0 | 24.9 | 7.5 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 32.1 | 20.8 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 7.4 | 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 Lynwood 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.
1,879 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.
467 violent and 1,412 property, as reported to the FBI by Lynwood’s police.
18 people died in crashes on Lynwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Lynwood had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (13 of 18) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Lynwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynwood | D | 8.0 | 27.5 |
| South Gate | D | 5.1 | 34.6 |
| Compton | D− | 12.4 | 30.3 |
| Paramount | D | 6.4 | 26.6 |
| East Rancho Dominguez | — | — | — |
| Willowbrook | — | — | — |
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Rancho Dominguez and Willowbrook are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynwood | D | 8.0 | 27.5 |
| Laguna Niguel | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| San Clemente | B− | 1.7 | 11.8 |
| Woodland | C | 2.8 | 15.1 |
| Hanford | C | 4.1 | 11.1 |
| Porterville | C | 3.9 | 16.1 |
The five graded California towns closest to Lynwood’s population (63,512), 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 Lynwood. 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 Lynwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (62,826 in 2025); our figure for Lynwood is 63,512 (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 Lynwood
Is Lynwood, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lynwood reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #387 of 416 in California. Its police reported 8.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Lynwood?
8.0 violent and 27.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Lynwood in 2025?
Lynwood’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lynwood safer than South Gate?
South Gate reports less crime per resident than Lynwood: South Gate grades D for safety and Lynwood D. South Gate’s police reported 5.1 violent and 34.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lynwood?
Lynwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lynwood”. 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.