Garden Grove, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Garden Grove, CA Summary

Crime in Garden Grove research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Garden Grove over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Garden Grove:

  • There were 3,400 total crimes committed in Garden Grove in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,035.4 total crimes per 100K people in Garden Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Garden Grove is -3.95% below the national average.
  • Garden Grove ranks #254 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Garden Grove ranks #7,296 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Garden Grove Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Garden Grove is 2,035.4 per 100,000 people. That's -3.95% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -20.63% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Garden Grove
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,400 2,035.4 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 0.6 4.5 5.0
Robbery 110 65.9 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 326 195.2 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 462 276.6 486.0 359.0
Burglary 514 307.7 305.8 229.0
Larceny 1,963 1,175.2 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 461 276.0 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 2,938 1,758.8 2,078.4 1,760.0

Garden Grove Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Garden Grove

462
Violent Crimes
276.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 462 violent crimes in Garden Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Garden Grove is 276.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 361.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Garden Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.96% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -43.09% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Garden Grove

2,938
Property Crimes
1,758.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-0.07%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2,938 property crimes in Garden Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Garden Grove is 1,758.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Garden Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -0.07% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.38% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Garden Grove

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Santa Ana, CA 310,304 6,812 2,195.3 1,702.2 493.1
Huntington Beach, CA 190,081 4,175 2,196.4 1,989.2 207.3
Orange, CA 137,970 2,089 1,514.1 1,288.0 226.1
Westminster, CA 88,026 2,583 2,934.4 2,498.1 436.2
Lake Forest, CA 85,811 837 975.4 829.7 145.7
Buena Park, CA 81,334 2,125 2,612.7 2,363.1 249.6
Lakewood, CA 76,818 2,334 3,038.4 2,585.3 453.0
Yorba Linda, CA 65,469 562 858.4 765.2 93.2
Fountain Valley, CA 54,975 1,079 1,962.7 1,784.4 178.3
Aliso Viejo, CA 49,674 498 1,002.5 867.7 134.9

Garden Grove SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
10
Education
5
Commute
5
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