South Gate, CA has a F safety grade (18/100) with a violent crime rate of 526 per 100,000, 49% above the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
South Gate, CA Crime Rate & Safety
At 89,223 residents, South Gate is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against CA and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
South Gate, CA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 49% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, South Gate, CA shows violent crime at 525.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,598.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% 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
525.6/100K violent
3598.8/100K property
+49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for South Gate, CA
Comparable rate records
South Gate's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to South Gate's 525.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Salinas (524.5), Corcoran (522.2), Hesperia (519.6), Highland (534.5). 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
South Gate reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 525.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, South Gate ranks 113 of 458 — above 345 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +60.0% 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 lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 682.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 525.6 in 2024 (-23.0%). The highest observed value was 682.5 in 2020 and the lowest 525.6 in 2024. 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 12.7% of the 3,680 Part I offenses reported in South Gate for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 4.4 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.
Property counts dominate South Gate'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
South Gate's 2024 municipal footprint
South Gate leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,887.
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); 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
-2.3%
537.8 → 525.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+2.5%
3509.5 → 3598.8/100K
Property offenses lead South Gate's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs CA
Property Crime
3,211
3598.8
1711
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
2,084
2335.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
870
975.1
-
-
Burglary
257
288
-
-
Arson
19
21.3
-
-
Violent Crime
469
525.6
352
476.8
Aggravated Assault
224
251.1
-
-
Robbery
215
241
-
-
Rape
26
29.1
-
-
Murder
4
4.5
-
-
South Gate 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.
South Gate 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
South Gate Police Department
Reporting agency for South Gate Summary Reporting (SRS)
South Gate Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind South Gate's 3,680 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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South Gate at 525.6/100K violent and 3,598.8/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, South Gate reported 469 violent crimes and 3,211 property crimes, for a total of 3,680 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in South Gate?
From 2023 to 2024, South Gate's violent crime rate decreased by 2.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 2.5%.
What is the most common crime in South Gate?
The most common crime type in South Gate is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.6% of all reported crimes (2,084 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: South Gate's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 South Gate, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.