Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0Monterey Park records more property crime per head than 79% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 22% from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Monterey Park’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #245 of 416 graded towns in California. Even so, its police logs show 2.9 violent crimes and 20.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of California the numbers are 4.9 and 21.4.
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 Monterey Park
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Monterey Park’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: San Gabriel (C), Alhambra (C), Rosemead (C−), Montebello (D). East Los Angeles and South San Gabriel are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Monterey Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 41% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 24% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Monterey Park is home to East Los Angeles College, with 17,853 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read 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 Monterey Park’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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 | Monterey Park property | Rest of California property | Monterey Park violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.0 | 24.8 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 23.1 | 25.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 2.7 | 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 Monterey Park 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 3 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 | Monterey Park | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Monterey Park’s police reported 499 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,184 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.
152 violent and 1,032 property, as reported to the FBI by Monterey Park’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Monterey Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Monterey Park had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.7 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.
Monterey Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Park | C− | 2.9 | 20.7 |
| East Los Angeles | — | — | — |
| Alhambra | C | 2.2 | 23.0 |
| Rosemead | C− | 3.9 | 24.5 |
| Montebello | D | 4.8 | 26.5 |
| South San Gabriel | — | — | — |
| San Gabriel | C | 2.0 | 19.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Los Angeles and South San Gabriel are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Park | C− | 2.9 | 20.7 |
| Lincoln | A− | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| Santee | B | 2.4 | 6.7 |
| Cupertino | B− | 1.0 | 14.1 |
| National City | D | 6.6 | 19.1 |
| Gardena | D | 6.9 | 30.8 |
The five graded California towns closest to Monterey Park’s population (57,457), 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 Monterey Park. 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 Monterey Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (57,293 in 2025); our figure for Monterey Park is 57,457 (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 Monterey Park
Is Monterey Park, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Monterey Park reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #245 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.9 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 Monterey Park?
2.9 violent and 20.7 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 Monterey Park in 2025?
Monterey Park’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 Monterey Park safer than Alhambra?
Alhambra reports less crime per resident than Monterey Park: Alhambra grades C for safety and Monterey Park C−. Alhambra’s police reported 2.2 violent and 23.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Monterey Park?
Monterey Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Monterey Park”. 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.