Manhattan Beach, CA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Manhattan Beach, CA shows violent crime at 149.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,533.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
149.7/100K violent
2533.3/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Manhattan Beach, CA
Comparable rate records
Manhattan Beach's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Manhattan Beach's 149.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fort Jones (150.4), Temecula (151.5), Westlake Village (147.9), Los Gatos (147.7). 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
Manhattan Beach reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 149.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Manhattan Beach ranks 380 of 458 — above 78 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -55.1% 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 5.6% of the 878 Part I offenses reported in Manhattan Beach for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 11.5 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 130.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 149.7 in 2024 (+14.5%). The highest observed value was 250.5 in 2023 and the lowest 130.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Manhattan Beach'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.
Manhattan Beach's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.9 Census sq mi, Manhattan Beach logged 210.7 property and 12.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Manhattan Beach's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 878 offenses; mix index 5,306).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.9 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
-40.2%
250.5 → 149.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8.5%
2767.3 → 2533.3/100K
Property offenses lead Manhattan Beach's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
829
2533.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
620
1894.6
-
Burglary
134
409.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
75
229.2
-
Arson
3
9.2
-
Violent Crime
49
149.7
352
Aggravated Assault
27
82.5
-
Robbery
16
48.9
-
Rape
5
15.3
-
Murder
1
3.1
-
Manhattan Beach 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.
Manhattan Beach 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Manhattan Beach: 150 violent, 2533 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Goleta: 205 violent, 1569 property per 100,000 (grade B)
San Dimas: 283 violent, 2282 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Dana Point: 185 violent, 873 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Banning: 467 violent, 925 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Santa Paula: 327 violent, 874 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Atwater: 710 violent, 2194 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Pleasant Hill: 236 violent, 4025 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Los Gatos: 148 violent, 1433 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Manhattan Beach Police Department
Reporting agency for Manhattan Beach NIBRS-participating
Manhattan Beach Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Manhattan Beach's 878 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Manhattan Beach in population. Their populations run from 31,828 to 33,539, against 32,724 here. Or use our
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Manhattan Beach at 149.7/100K violent and 2,533.3/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Manhattan Beach reported 49 violent crimes and 829 property crimes, for a total of 878 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Manhattan Beach?
From 2023 to 2024, Manhattan Beach's violent crime rate decreased by 40.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.5%.
What is the most common crime in Manhattan Beach?
The most common crime type in Manhattan Beach is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.6% of all reported crimes (620 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Manhattan Beach 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 Manhattan Beach, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.