Grand Terrace, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 25% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Grand Terrace, CA shows violent crime at 264.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,725.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
264.2/100K violent
1725.2/100K property
-25% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Grand Terrace, CA
Comparable rate records
Grand Terrace's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Grand Terrace's 264.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ojai (269.8), Fontana (270.2), Rohnert Park (258.0), Azusa (270.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Grand Terrace sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 264.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Grand Terrace ranks 285 of 458 — above 173 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -20.7% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 59.0% of reported property offenses in Grand Terrace, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (35) and motor vehicle theft (56). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 13.3% of the 256 Part I offenses reported in Grand Terrace for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 3.8 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 276.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 264.2 in 2024 (-4.6%). The highest observed value was 542.3 in 2022 and the lowest 206.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Grand Terrace'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.
Grand Terrace's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.5 Census sq mi, Grand Terrace logged 63 property and 9.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Grand Terrace leans on larceny-theft at 51% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,400.
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+56.7%
1100.8 → 1725.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+28%
206.4 → 264.2/100K
Property offenses lead Grand Terrace's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
222
1725.2
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
131
1018
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
56
435.2
-
Burglary
35
272
-
Arson
2
15.5
-
Violent Crime
34
264.2
476.8
Aggravated Assault
27
209.8
-
Rape
4
31.1
-
Robbery
3
23.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Grand Terrace Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Grand Terrace property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Grand Terrace Police Department
Reporting agency for Grand Terrace Summary Reporting (SRS)
Grand Terrace Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Grand Terrace's 256 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in California
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Grand Terrace at 264.2/100K violent and 1,725.2/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Grand Terrace reported 34 violent crimes and 222 property crimes, for a total of 256 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Grand Terrace?
From 2023 to 2024, Grand Terrace's violent crime rate increased by 28%, and the property crime rate increased by 56.7%.
What is the most common crime in Grand Terrace?
The most common crime type in Grand Terrace is larceny-theft, accounting for 51.2% of all reported crimes (131 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Grand Terrace 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 Grand Terrace, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.