Torrance, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Torrance Police Department reported 306.0 violent crimes and 2,620.5 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: 2, 2024: 0, 2025: 1 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Torrance compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Torrance only.
What offenses were reported in Torrance, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 422 | 306.0 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 1.4% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Murder | 1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | See data note | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Rape | 27 | 19.6 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 31.2% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 141 | 102.2 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 11.4% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 253 | 183.4 | 301.0 | 238.0 | up 10.2% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 3,614 | 2,620.5 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 6.1% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 577 | 418.4 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 9.1% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 2,436 | 1,766.3 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 3.9% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 579 | 419.8 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 13.2% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
| Arson | 22 | 16.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 81.8% | 2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Torrance 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: 1 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Torrance | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 1 of 12 months | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 262.6 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 264.3 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 310.4 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 306.0 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 1 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Torrance | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 1 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 2,659.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 2,685.7 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 2,791.1 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,620.5 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Torrance safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Torrance Police Department reported, 306.0 per 100,000 residents, was lower than California's 432.7, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 1.4% 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.
Violent crime reported to the FBI by Torrance police came to 422 offenses in 2025, or 306.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Torrance Police Department. That rate was 0.7 times the California estimate of 432.7 and 0.9 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime stood at 2,620.5 per 100,000, above both the state's 1,792.2 and the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime slipped 1.4% from 2024 to 2025. Against 2022, when the rate was 262.6, violent crime is up 16.5%. Aggravated assault rose 32.1% since 2022 and made up 60% of violent crime in 2025, while rape fell 16.6%.
Robbery, at 102.2 per 100,000, was 2.1 times the US rate. Property crime fell 6.1% in the last year and 1.5% from 2022. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both periods, 18.5% since 2022 and 13.2% since 2024.
Burglary rose 24.6% from 2022 to 418.4 per 100,000, 2.2 times the national rate, and larceny-theft was 67% of property crime. There was 1 homicide in 2025, and the 2024 murder count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is not compared. 2021 is a partial year: 1 of 12 months; the 4 of 5 years after it have all 12 months, with NIBRS reporting since 2021.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its 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: 1.95 per 1,000 residents (176 officers, 93 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, Torrance Police Department (ORI CA0197200), 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)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0197200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Torrance Police Department (CA0197200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0197200__from-2021-to-2025.json)