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Palmdale Crime Rate Report (California)

Palmdale 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 Palmdale for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Palmdale in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 47.32% and the city property crime rate in Palmdale was higher than the national property crime rate average by 11.06%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Palmdale was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 11.54% and the city property crime rate in Palmdale was lower than the property crime rate in California by 4.9%.

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

Palmdale Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault497
Arson27
Burglary417
Larceny and Theft1,543
Motor Vehicle Theft784
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape56
Robbery220
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,698
Property Crime2,744
Violent Crime777
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault583
Arson25
Burglary309
Larceny and Theft1,512
Motor Vehicle Theft800
Murder and Manslaughter10
Rape48
Robbery205
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,575
Property Crime2,621
Violent Crime846

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Palmdale Property Crime

Palmdale Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Palmdale Crime 2025

Palmdale Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Palmdale Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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