Los Angeles, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Los Angeles Police Department reported 669.9 violent crimes and 2,258.1 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
Data note. The Los Angeles Police Department switched to NIBRS in May 2024. Its 2024 larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft rates (854.8 and 261.6 per 100,000) are about half its 2023 and 2025 rates, though all 12 months were sent; the FBI data does not say why. Read changes to or from 2024 for property crime with that in mind.
Data notes.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 25,594, 2024: 9,933, 2025: 20,132 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
- Larceny-theft, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 66,798, 2024: 32,453, 2025: 54,844 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
- Arson, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 1,881, 2023: 179, 2024: 409 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
Check in progress. The FBI's counts for Los Angeles are more than 25% below the city's own crime data (motor vehicle theft 2024: 9,933 against 23,941; city figures checked October 29, 2026). We show the FBI figures unchanged while the difference is unexplained. City data.
How does Los Angeles compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Los Angeles only.
What offenses were reported in Los Angeles, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 25,956 | 669.9 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 8.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 227 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 15.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 1,430 | 36.9 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 11.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 7,223 | 186.4 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 11.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 17,076 | 440.7 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 6.6% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 87,491 | 2,258.1 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | up 50.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 11,992 | 309.5 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 17.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 54,844 | 1,415.5 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | See data note | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20,132 | 519.6 | 316.7 | 197.0 | See data note | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 523 | 13.5 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 25.0% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Los Angeles 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 | Los Angeles | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 834.1 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 820.0 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 730.3 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 669.9 | 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.
Show as a table
| Year | Los Angeles | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,757.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 2,851.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 1,501.7 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,258.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Los Angeles safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Los Angeles Police Department reported, 669.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 8.3% 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.
In 2025 the city's police had 25,956 violent crimes reported to the FBI, 669.9 per 100,000 residents covered by the Los Angeles Police Department. That is above the FBI's California estimate of 432.7, and 2.0 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 2,258.1 per 100,000, was 1.5 times the US figure of 1,534.8 and above the state's 1,792.2.
The FBI has no 2021 data from the department, so the trend starts in 2022 and 4 of the 5 years are full. Violent crime fell 19.7% from 2022 and 8.3% from 2024. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses since 2022, 42.2%, to 5.9 per 100,000 (227 homicides).
Robbery, at 186.4 per 100,000, was 3.8 times the national rate. Aggravated assault made up 66% of violent crime in 2025. Property crime was 18.1% lower than in 2022, with burglary down 21.5%.
The 2024 larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft counts are flagged as an unusual change against the years around them, so no change to or from 2024 is shown for them. The 2023 arson count is flagged the same way. The department has reported to NIBRS since 2024.
Port Police, Metro transit, UCLA, Cal State LA and CHP area offices report separately, and the county sheriff covers unincorporated areas.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.89 per 1,000 residents (8,663 officers, 2,551 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, Los Angeles Police Department (ORI CA0194200), 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)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0194200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Los Angeles Police Department (CA0194200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0194200__from-2021-to-2025.json)