Huntington Beach, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Huntington Beach Police Department reported 182.4 violent crimes and 1,463.6 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 Huntington Beach compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Huntington Beach only.
What offenses were reported in Huntington Beach, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 350 | 182.4 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 12.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 2 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 61.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 58 | 30.2 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 13.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 54 | 28.1 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 44.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 236 | 123.0 | 301.0 | 238.0 | up 3.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,808 | 1,463.6 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 27.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 252 | 131.3 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 34.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 2,293 | 1,195.2 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 27.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 238 | 124.1 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 13.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 25 | 13.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 20.2% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Huntington Beach 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 | Huntington Beach | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 253.8 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 216.3 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 207.3 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 182.4 | 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 | Huntington Beach | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,264.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 2,053.1 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 2,005.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 1,463.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Huntington Beach safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Huntington Beach Police Department reported, 182.4 per 100,000 residents, was lower than California's 432.7, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 12.0% 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.
Huntington Beach had 350 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, or 182.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Huntington Beach Police Department. That rate was 0.4 times the California estimate of 432.7 and 0.6 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 1,463.6 per 100,000, was lower than both the state's 1,792.2 and the national 1,534.8.
Both rates fell in the last year, violent crime by 12.0% and property crime by 27.0%. Since 2022 violent crime is down 28.1% from 253.8, and property crime 35.4% from 2,264.9. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses from 2022 to 2025, 49.4%, to 28.1 per 100,000.
Aggravated assault, 67% of violent crime in 2025, had the only rise in that group from 2024, 3.4%. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses since 2022, 51.8%, and burglary fell 34.7% from 2024. Larceny-theft made up 82% of property crime.
There were 2 homicides in 2025, a rate of 1.0 per 100,000. No data was reported for 2021, and the other 4 of 5 years each have 12 months. The Orange County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.57 per 1,000 residents (196 officers, 105 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
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, Huntington Beach Police Department (ORI CA0301000), 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 (11)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0301000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Huntington Beach Police Department (CA0301000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0301000__from-2021-to-2025.json)