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Murrieta Crime Rate Report (California)

Murrieta 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 Murrieta for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Murrieta in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 42.68% and the city property crime rate in Murrieta was lower than the national property crime rate average by 45.23%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Murrieta was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 56.6% and the city property crime rate in Murrieta was lower than the property crime rate in California by 53.1%.

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

Murrieta Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault156
Arson19
Burglary282
Larceny and Theft592
Motor Vehicle Theft75
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape30
Robbery25
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,027
Property Crime949
Violent Crime212
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault188
Arson14
Burglary209
Larceny and Theft689
Motor Vehicle Theft120
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape36
Robbery36
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,096
Property Crime1,018
Violent Crime261

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Murrieta Property Crime

Murrieta Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Murrieta Crime 2025

Murrieta Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Murrieta Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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