Culver City, CA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 90% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Culver City, CA shows violent crime at 667.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 5,862.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 90% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
667.3/100K violent
5862.8/100K property
+90% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Culver City, CA
Comparable rate records
Culver City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Culver City's 667.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Santa Maria (660.6), Inglewood (674.6), Ridgecrest (675.9), Long Beach (676.4). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Culver City reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 667.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Culver City ranks 66 of 458 — above 392 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +103.1% against the cohort median of 328.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 499.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 667.3 in 2024 (+33.5%). The highest observed value was 785.7 in 2023 and the lowest 499.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.2% of the 2,515 Part I offenses reported in Culver City for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 6.9 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 80.8% of reported property offenses in Culver City, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (237) and motor vehicle theft (197). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Culver City'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.
Culver City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.1 Census sq mi, Culver City logged 441.7 property and 50.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Culver City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 2,515 offenses; mix index 5,459).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.1 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
-15.1%
785.7 → 667.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13%
6737.2 → 5862.8/100K
Property offenses lead Culver City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs CA
Property Crime
2,258
5862.8
1711
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
1,824
4735.9
-
-
Burglary
237
615.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
197
511.5
-
-
Arson
19
49.3
-
-
Violent Crime
257
667.3
352
476.8
Aggravated Assault
133
345.3
-
-
Robbery
114
296
-
-
Rape
10
26
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Culver City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Culver City property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Culver City Police Department
Reporting agency for Culver City NIBRS-participating
Culver City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Culver City's 2,515 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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Culver City at 667.3/100K violent and 5,862.8/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Culver City reported 257 violent crimes and 2,258 property crimes, for a total of 2,515 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Culver City?
From 2023 to 2024, Culver City's violent crime rate decreased by 15.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13%.
What is the most common crime in Culver City?
The most common crime type in Culver City is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.5% of all reported crimes (1,824 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Culver City 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 Culver City, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.