Compton, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Compton Police Department reported 1,245.4 violent crimes and 2,609.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for California and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Compton compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Compton only.
What offenses were reported in Compton, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,122 | 1,245.4 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 2.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 18 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 0.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 41 | 45.5 | 33.4 | 36.1 | up 19.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 284 | 315.2 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 10.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 779 | 864.7 | 301.0 | 238.0 | up 0.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,351 | 2,609.6 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 19.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 225 | 249.7 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 35.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 1,187 | 1,317.5 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 18.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 841 | 933.5 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 18.6% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 98 | 108.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 39.1% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Compton Police Department and sent to the FBI. California and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Compton | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 1,140.5 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 1,192.4 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 1,271.7 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 1,245.4 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Compton | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,726.3 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 3,532.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 3,223.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,609.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Compton safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Compton Police Department reported, 1,245.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 2.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Compton's violent crime rate was 1,245.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Compton Police Department in 2025, from 1,122 offenses reported to the FBI. The FBI put the California rate at 432.7 and the US rate at 327.6 that year, so Compton's figure was 2.9 times the state and 3.8 times the nation. Property crime ran at 2,609.6 per 100,000, 1.5 times the state figure and 1.7 times the US rate.
From 2024 to 2025, violent crime fell 2.1% and property crime 19.0%. Since 2022, when the rate was 1,140.5, violent crime is up 9.2%. Rape had the largest rise of the violent offenses over that span, 22.6%, and aggravated assault, 69% of violent crime, rose 13.7%.
Robbery was 6.4 times the US rate, at 315.2 per 100,000, and fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 10.1%. The murder rate of 20.0 per 100,000 reflects 18 homicides in 2025 and was 5.7 times the California estimate. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 35.5%.
Motor vehicle theft, at 933.5 per 100,000, was 4.7 times the national rate, and larceny-theft made up 50% of property crime. No data was reported for 2021; each of the other 4 of 5 years has all 12 months. The department does not report to NIBRS, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office reports its own cases separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Other California cities
The nearest California cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Compton Police Department (ORI CA0191500), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, California and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (10)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Compton Police Department (CA0191500): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0191500_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)