Gardena, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gardena, CA Summary

Crime in Gardena research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gardena 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 Gardena:

  • There were 2,162 total crimes committed in Gardena in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,754.5 total crimes per 100K people in Gardena.
  • The overall crime rate in Gardena is 77.16% above the national average.
  • Gardena ranks #418 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Gardena ranks #9,149 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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Gardena Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gardena is 3,754.5 per 100,000 people. That's 77.16% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 46.41% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gardena
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,162 3,754.5 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 3 5.2 4.5 5.0
Robbery 116 201.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 270 468.9 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 405 703.3 486.0 359.0
Burglary 243 422.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 995 1,727.9 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 519 901.3 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,757 3,051.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Gardena 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 Gardena

405
Violent Crimes
703.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
95.91%
Above The National Average
  • There were 405 violent crimes in Gardena in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gardena is 703.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 142.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gardena each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 95.91% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 44.71% higher than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gardena

1,757
Property Crimes
3,051.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
73.36%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,757 property crimes in Gardena in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gardena is 3,051.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gardena each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 73.36% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 46.80% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gardena

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Torrance, CA 136,899 4,226 3,086.9 2,775.8 311.2
Hawthorne, CA 81,941 2,616 3,192.5 2,465.2 727.4
Lakewood, CA 76,818 2,334 3,038.4 2,585.3 453.0
Cypress, CA 48,367 907 1,875.2 1,589.9 285.3
Cerritos, CA 45,961 2,612 5,683.1 5,332.8 350.3
La Mirada, CA 44,755 880 1,966.3 1,794.2 172.0
Lawndale, CA 29,647 729 2,458.9 1,865.3 593.7
South Pasadena, CA 25,228 687 2,723.2 2,513.1 210.1
Artesia, CA 15,358 431 2,806.4 2,331.0 475.3
La Palma, CA 14,856 302 2,032.8 1,824.2 208.7

Gardena SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
3
Diversity
10
Safety
5
Amenities
10
Education
6
Commute
5
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