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Malibu Crime Rate Report (California)

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

The city violent crime rate for Malibu in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 73.26% and the city property crime rate in Malibu was higher than the national property crime rate average by 30.72%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Malibu was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 31.17% and the city property crime rate in Malibu was higher than the property crime rate in California by 11.94%.

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

Malibu Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault45
Arson0
Burglary61
Larceny and Theft137
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery9
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)250
Property Crime205
Violent Crime58
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault50
Arson3
Burglary64
Larceny and Theft244
Motor Vehicle Theft22
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape7
Robbery11
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)375
Property Crime330
Violent Crime68

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Malibu Property Crime

Malibu Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Malibu Crime 2025

Malibu Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Malibu Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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