Laguna Hills, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Laguna Hills, CA shows violent crime at 234.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,130.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 33% 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
234.2/100K violent
1130.6/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Laguna Hills, CA
Comparable rate records
Laguna Hills's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Laguna Hills's 234.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Windsor (233.8), Livermore (234.9), Pleasant Hill (235.5), Arcadia (230.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 182.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 234.2 in 2024 (+28.4%). The highest observed value was 274.8 in 2023 and the lowest 89.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Laguna Hills sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 234.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Laguna Hills ranks 307 of 458 — above 151 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -29.7% 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 counts dominate Laguna Hills'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.
Laguna Hills's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.5 Census sq mi, Laguna Hills logged 51.6 property and 10.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Laguna Hills's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (62% of 408 offenses; mix index 4,189).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-14.8%
274.8 → 234.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13.1%
1301.1 → 1130.6/100K
Property offenses lead Laguna Hills's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
338
1130.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
252
843
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
44
147.2
-
Burglary
42
140.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
70
234.2
476.8
Aggravated Assault
41
137.1
-
Robbery
29
97
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Laguna Hills Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Laguna Hills 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
Laguna Hills Police Department
Reporting agency for Laguna Hills NIBRS-participating
Laguna Hills Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Laguna Hills's 408 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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Laguna Hills at 234.2/100K violent and 1,130.6/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Laguna Hills reported 70 violent crimes and 338 property crimes, for a total of 408 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Laguna Hills?
From 2023 to 2024, Laguna Hills's violent crime rate decreased by 14.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.1%.
What is the most common crime in Laguna Hills?
The most common crime type in Laguna Hills is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.8% of all reported crimes (252 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Laguna Hills 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 Laguna Hills, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.