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Costa Mesa Crime Rate Report (California)

Costa Mesa crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Costa Mesa for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Costa Mesa in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 64.42% and the city property crime rate in Costa Mesa was higher than the national property crime rate average by 35.46%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Costa Mesa was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 24.48% and the city property crime rate in Costa Mesa was higher than the property crime rate in California by 16%.

Property and Violent Crime
Costa Mesa Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Costa Mesa Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Costa Mesa Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault433
Arson12
Burglary265
Larceny and Theft1,711
Motor Vehicle Theft278
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape71
Robbery77
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,573
Property Crime2,254
Violent Crime584
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault549
Arson16
Burglary314
Larceny and Theft2,118
Motor Vehicle Theft287
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape73
Robbery87
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,038
Property Crime2,719
Violent Crime712

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Costa Mesa Property Crime

Costa Mesa Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Costa Mesa Crime 2025

Costa Mesa Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Costa Mesa Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Costa Mesa Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Costa Mesa, 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 Costa Mesa crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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