Pasadena, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Pasadena Police Department reported 419.3 violent crimes and 2,357.6 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
Data notes.
- Murder, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 6, 2024: 0, 2025: 1 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Pasadena compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Pasadena only.
What offenses were reported in Pasadena, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 573 | 419.3 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 13.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | See data note | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 40 | 29.3 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 17.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 159 | 116.3 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 2.8% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 373 | 272.9 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 17.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 3,222 | 2,357.6 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 16.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 577 | 422.2 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 24.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 2,308 | 1,688.8 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 13.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 281 | 205.6 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 25.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 56 | 41.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 58.9% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Pasadena 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 | Pasadena | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 382.6 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 535.5 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 485.7 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 419.3 | 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 | Pasadena | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,319.4 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 2,645.0 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 2,816.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,357.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Pasadena safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Pasadena Police Department reported, 419.3 per 100,000 residents, was lower than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 13.7% 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, 573 violent crimes were reported to the FBI by Pasadena police, which works out to 419.3 per 100,000 residents covered by the Pasadena Police Department. That put the city just below the California estimate of 432.7, and at 1.3 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came to 2,357.6 per 100,000, 1.3 times the state figure and 1.5 times the national rate.
Both measures fell from 2024 to 2025, violent crime by 13.7% and property crime by 16.3%. Compared with 2022, when the rate was 382.6, violent crime is up 9.6%. Property crime is 1.6% higher than in 2022.
Robbery rose 32.5% from 2022 to 2025 and stood at 2.4 times the US rate. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both periods, 18.2% since 2022 and 25.5% in the last year. Arson had the largest rise in that group since 2022, 65.3%, and burglary, at 422.2 per 100,000, was 2.2 times the national rate.
Larceny-theft accounted for 72% of property crime, and aggravated assault 65% of violent crime. The city recorded 1 homicide in 2025; the 2024 murder count is flagged as an unusual change and is not compared. No data was reported for 2021, the other 4 of 5 years each have 12 months, and the department has used NIBRS since 2022.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and Pasadena City College police report separately, so their 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: 2.48 per 1,000 residents (218 officers, 121 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, Pasadena Police Department (ORI CA0195300), 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)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0195300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pasadena Police Department (CA0195300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0195300__from-2021-to-2025.json)