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Compton Crime Rate Report (California)

Compton crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Compton for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Compton in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 280.13% and the city property crime rate in Compton was higher than the national property crime rate average by 62.94%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Compton was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 187.8% and the city property crime rate in Compton was higher than the property crime rate in California by 39.53%.

Property and Violent Crime
Compton Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Compton Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Compton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault779
Arson98
Burglary225
Larceny and Theft1,187
Motor Vehicle Theft841
Murder and Manslaughter18
Rape41
Robbery284
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,755
Property Crime2,253
Violent Crime1,122
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault775
Arson72
Burglary250
Larceny and Theft1,346
Motor Vehicle Theft1,041
Murder and Manslaughter18
Rape44
Robbery281
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,139
Property Crime2,637
Violent Crime1,118

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Compton Property Crime

Compton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Compton Crime 2025

Compton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Compton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Compton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Compton, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Compton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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