La Mirada, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, La Mirada, CA shows violent crime at 172 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,794.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% 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
172/100K violent
1794.2/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for La Mirada, CA
Comparable rate records
La Mirada's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to La Mirada's 172.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are St. Helena (172.3), Lake Elsinore (173.3), La Habra Heights (170.7), Glendora (168.9). 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
La Mirada reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 172.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, La Mirada ranks 361 of 458 — above 97 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -48.4% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.8% of the 880 Part I offenses reported in La Mirada for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 8.4 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 191.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 172.0 in 2024 (-10.0%). The highest observed value was 223.8 in 2023 and the lowest 172.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate La Mirada'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.
La Mirada's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, La Mirada logged 102.6 property and 9.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
La Mirada's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 880 offenses; mix index 4,059).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 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
-23.1%
223.8 → 172/100K
Property Crime Rate
-7.8%
1945.9 → 1794.2/100K
Property offenses lead La Mirada's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
803
1794.2
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
521
1164.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
154
344.1
-
Burglary
128
286
-
Arson
3
6.7
-
Violent Crime
77
172
476.8
Aggravated Assault
41
91.6
-
Robbery
33
73.7
-
Rape
2
4.5
-
Murder
1
2.2
-
La Mirada 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.
La Mirada 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
La Mirada Police Department
Reporting agency for La Mirada Summary Reporting (SRS)
La Mirada Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind La Mirada's 880 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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La Mirada at 172/100K violent and 1,794.2/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, La Mirada reported 77 violent crimes and 803 property crimes, for a total of 880 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in La Mirada?
From 2023 to 2024, La Mirada's violent crime rate decreased by 23.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 7.8%.
What is the most common crime in La Mirada?
The most common crime type in La Mirada is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.2% of all reported crimes (521 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: La Mirada 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 La Mirada, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.