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Santa Monica Crime Rate Report (California)

Santa Monica crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Santa Monica for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Santa Monica in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 91.01% and the city property crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the national property crime rate average by 105.05%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 64.26% and the city property crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the property crime rate in California by 85.59%.

Property and Violent Crime
Santa Monica Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Santa Monica Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Santa Monica Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault374
Arson19
Burglary577
Larceny and Theft3,143
Motor Vehicle Theft244
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape40
Robbery247
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,592
Property Crime3,964
Violent Crime664
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault572
Arson26
Burglary807
Larceny and Theft4,455
Motor Vehicle Theft327
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape85
Robbery354
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)6,212
Property Crime5,584
Violent Crime1,017

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Santa Monica Property Crime

Santa Monica Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Santa Monica Crime 2019

Santa Monica Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Santa Monica Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Santa Monica Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Santa Monica, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Santa Monica crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

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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