Photo: MikeJiroch · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, West Hollywood records more crime than 98% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 22% from 2023 to 2025. On crimes West Hollywood’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D− for safety: #406 of 416 graded towns in California. Violence and property crime split as 8.6 violent crimes and 55.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.8 and 21.3 in the rest of California. It has more violent crime than 96% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 99%.
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 West Hollywood
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 California towns on West Hollywood’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Beverly Hills (D). Neighbors ↓
A job center
West Hollywood has 29,259 jobs based in town for 34,231 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 West Hollywood’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | West Hollywood property | Rest of California property | West Hollywood violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66.0 | 24.8 | 9.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 62.3 | 24.9 | 9.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 54.9 | 20.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 47.7 | 18.4 | 7.7 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West Hollywood | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Hollywood’s police reported 874 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in West Hollywood 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 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,886 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.
263 violent and 1,623 property, as reported to the FBI by West Hollywood’s police.
Two people died in crashes on West Hollywood’s roads in 2019–2023
West Hollywood had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 West Hollywood’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Hollywood’s own rate (1.1) 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.
West Hollywood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hollywood | D− | 8.6 | 55.0 |
| Beverly Hills | D | 4.7 | 43.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hollywood | D− | 8.6 | 55.0 |
| Moorpark | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| San Juan Capistrano | B− | 1.9 | 9.8 |
| Temple City | B− | 2.1 | 11.1 |
| Desert Hot Springs | C | 4.9 | 12.2 |
| Pleasant Hill | D | 2.5 | 41.8 |
The five graded California towns closest to West Hollywood’s population (34,231), 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 West Hollywood. 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 West Hollywood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,048 in 2025); our figure for West Hollywood is 34,231 (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 West Hollywood
Is West Hollywood, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Hollywood reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #406 of 416 in California. Its police reported 8.6 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 West Hollywood?
8.6 violent and 55.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in West Hollywood in 2025?
West Hollywood’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is West Hollywood safer than Beverly Hills?
Beverly Hills reports less crime per resident than West Hollywood: Beverly Hills grades D for safety and West Hollywood D−. Beverly Hills’s police reported 4.7 violent and 43.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Hollywood?
West Hollywood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Hollywood”. 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.