Long Beach, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Long Beach Police Department reported 620.8 violent crimes and 2,552.8 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 Long Beach compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Long Beach only.
What offenses were reported in Long Beach, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 2,777 | 620.8 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 10.0% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Murder | 29 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 21.7% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Rape | 171 | 38.2 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 18.4% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 756 | 169.0 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 25.6% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 1,821 | 407.1 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 0.1% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 11,419 | 2,552.8 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 28.8% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 1,826 | 408.2 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 42.9% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 6,200 | 1,386.0 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 24.8% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3,245 | 725.4 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 26.8% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Arson | 148 | 33.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 7.0% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Long 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: partial year: 8 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Long Beach | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 8 of 12 months | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 557.5 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 636.6 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 690.0 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 620.8 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Long Beach | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 8 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,690.6 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 3,183.3 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 3,584.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,552.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Long Beach safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Long Beach Police Department reported, 620.8 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 10.0% 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.
Long Beach police counted 2,777 violent crimes and 11,419 property crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Expressed per 100,000 residents covered by the Long Beach Police Department, the violent rate was 620.8 and the property rate 2,552.8. The violent figure was 1.4 times California's estimate of 432.7 and 1.9 times the US rate of 327.6; property crime was 1.7 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime dropped 10.0% from 2024 to 2025. Since 2022, when the rate was 557.5, violent crime has risen 11.4%. Property crime fell 28.8% in the last year and 5.1% from 2022.
Aggravated assault had the largest rise of the violent offenses since 2022, 18.3%, and made up 66% of violent crime. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2022 to 2025, 21.7%, with 29 homicides and a rate of 6.5 per 100,000 in 2025. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 25.6%, and is 3.4 times the US rate.
Burglary had the largest fall of the property offenses from 2024, 42.9%, while motor vehicle theft, at 725.4 per 100,000, was 3.7 times the US rate. 2021 is a partial year: 8 of 12 months; the 4 of 5 years after it each have all 12 months. NIBRS reporting began in 2022.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and California State University police in Long Beach report separately, and their cases are not counted here.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.22 per 1,000 residents (652 officers, 339 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, Long Beach Police Department (ORI CA0194100), 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)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Long Beach Police Department (CA0194100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0194100__from-2021-to-2025.json)