Arroyo Grande, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 44% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Arroyo Grande, CA shows violent crime at 198 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 753.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
198/100K violent
753.6/100K property
-44% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Arroyo Grande, CA
Comparable rate records
Arroyo Grande's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Arroyo Grande's 198.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are La Verne (197.3), Carlsbad (199.1), Lake Shastina (196.3), Fremont (195.7). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 144.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 198.0 in 2024 (+37.5%). The highest observed value was 497.5 in 2022 and the lowest 144.0 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Arroyo Grande sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 198.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Arroyo Grande ranks 333 of 458 — above 125 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -40.6% against the cohort median of 333.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 20.8% of the 173 Part I offenses reported in Arroyo Grande for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 3.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Arroyo Grande's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Arroyo Grande's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.9 Census sq mi, Arroyo Grande logged 23.1 property and 6.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Arroyo Grande leans on larceny-theft at 54% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,572.
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-56.2%
452.1 → 198/100K
Property Crime Rate
-36.5%
1187.4 → 753.6/100K
Property offenses lead Arroyo Grande's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
137
753.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
94
517.1
-
Burglary
29
159.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
77
-
Arson
3
16.5
-
Violent Crime
36
198
476.8
Aggravated Assault
28
154
-
Robbery
4
22
-
Murder
2
11
-
Rape
2
11
-
Arroyo Grande Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Arroyo Grande property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Arroyo Grande Police Department
Reporting agency for Arroyo Grande NIBRS-participating
Arroyo Grande Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Arroyo Grande's 173 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in California
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Arroyo Grande at 198/100K violent and 753.6/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Arroyo Grande reported 36 violent crimes and 137 property crimes, for a total of 173 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Arroyo Grande?
From 2023 to 2024, Arroyo Grande's violent crime rate decreased by 56.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 36.5%.
What is the most common crime in Arroyo Grande?
The most common crime type in Arroyo Grande is larceny-theft, accounting for 54.3% of all reported crimes (94 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Arroyo Grande figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Arroyo Grande, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.