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Lancaster Crime Rate Report (California)

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

The city violent crime rate for Lancaster in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 134.23% and the city property crime rate in Lancaster was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 3.76%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lancaster was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 77.34% and the city property crime rate in Lancaster was lower than the property crime rate in California by 11.14%.

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

Lancaster Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault888
Arson57
Burglary507
Larceny and Theft1,073
Motor Vehicle Theft1,064
Murder and Manslaughter18
Rape91
Robbery277
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,760
Property Crime2,644
Violent Crime1,274
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,058
Arson35
Burglary435
Larceny and Theft939
Motor Vehicle Theft1,316
Murder and Manslaughter27
Rape85
Robbery285
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,807
Property Crime2,691
Violent Crime1,455

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lancaster Property Crime

Lancaster Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lancaster Crime 2025

Lancaster Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lancaster Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lancaster Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lancaster, 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 Lancaster 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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