Garden Grove, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Garden Grove:

  • There were 4,233 total crimes committed in Garden Grove the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,502.4 total crimes per 100K people in Garden Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Garden Grove is 7.67% above the national average.
  • Garden Grove ranks #273 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Garden Grove ranks #7,486 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 2,502.4 per 100,000 people. That's 7.67% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -3.04% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Garden Grove
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4,233 2,502.4 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 3 1.8 5.6 6.3
Robbery 148 87.5 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 319 188.6 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 526 311.0 442.0 369.8
Burglary 650 384.3 369.7 269.8
Larceny 2,474 1,462.5 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 583 344.7 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 3,707 2,191.5 2,138.9 1,954.4

Garden Grove Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Garden Grove

526
Violent Crimes
311.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-15.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 526 violent crimes in Garden Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Garden Grove is 311.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 321.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Garden Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -15.91% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -29.66% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Garden Grove

3,707
Property Crimes
2,191.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
12.13%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,707 property crimes in Garden Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Garden Grove is 2,191.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.6 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 12.13% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 2.46% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 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 333,107 8,355 2,508.2 2,079.2 429.0
Huntington Beach, CA 194,618 4,858 2,496.2 2,242.3 253.8
Orange, CA 138,846 2,576 1,855.3 1,725.7 129.6
Westminster, CA 89,490 3,015 3,369.1 2,972.4 396.7
Lake Forest, CA 85,480 1,005 1,175.7 1,054.0 121.7
Buena Park, CA 82,065 2,591 3,157.3 2,911.1 246.1
Lakewood, CA 78,858 2,215 2,808.8 2,340.9 467.9
Yorba Linda, CA 67,550 709 1,049.6 996.3 53.3
Fountain Valley, CA 55,941 1,332 2,381.1 2,229.1 151.9
Aliso Viejo, CA 51,477 395 767.3 681.9 85.5

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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