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Santa Monica Crime Rate Report (California)

Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Santa Monica in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 89.17% and the city property crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the national property crime rate average by 163.46%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 43.23% and the city property crime rate in Santa Monica was higher than the property crime rate in California by 125.61%.

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

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault368
Arson55
Burglary596
Larceny and Theft2,662
Motor Vehicle Theft389
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape45
Robbery142
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,275
Property Crime3,647
Violent Crime559
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault482
Arson68
Burglary695
Larceny and Theft2,740
Motor Vehicle Theft566
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape52
Robbery192
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,629
Property Crime4,001
Violent Crime729

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Santa Monica Property Crime

Santa Monica Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Santa Monica Crime 2025

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Santa Monica 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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