Twentynine Palms, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 19% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Twentynine Palms, CA shows violent crime at 417.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 776.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% above 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
417.6/100K violent
776.5/100K property
+19% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Twentynine Palms, CA
Comparable rate records
Twentynine Palms's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Twentynine Palms's 417.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are La Mesa (415.9), Carson (420.0), McFarland (421.2), Sebastopol (422.6). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 35.0% of the 346 Part I offenses reported in Twentynine Palms for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 17.9 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 538.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 417.6 in 2024 (-22.5%). The highest observed value was 546.2 in 2022 and the lowest 95.8 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 55.1% of reported property offenses in Twentynine Palms, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (64) and motor vehicle theft (37). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Twentynine Palms sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 417.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Twentynine Palms ranks 177 of 458 — above 281 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +27.1% 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.
Property counts dominate Twentynine Palms'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.
Twentynine Palms's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 58.7 Census sq mi, Twentynine Palms logged 3.8 property and 2.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Twentynine Palms leans on larceny-theft at 36% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,537.
Violent offenses are 35% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (58.7 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
+335.9%
95.8 → 417.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+143.3%
319.2 → 776.5/100K
Property offenses lead Twentynine Palms's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
225
776.5
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
124
427.9
-
Burglary
64
220.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
37
127.7
-
Arson
5
17.3
-
Violent Crime
121
417.6
476.8
Aggravated Assault
96
331.3
-
Rape
12
41.4
-
Robbery
12
41.4
-
Murder
1
3.5
-
Twentynine Palms Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021, 2023 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Twentynine Palms property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Twentynine Palms Police Department
Reporting agency for Twentynine Palms Summary Reporting (SRS)
Twentynine Palms Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Twentynine Palms's 346 reported offenses (3-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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Twentynine Palms at 417.6/100K violent and 776.5/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in Twentynine Palms?
In 2024, Twentynine Palms reported 121 violent crimes and 225 property crimes, for a total of 346 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Twentynine Palms?
From 2023 to 2024, Twentynine Palms's violent crime rate increased by 335.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 143.3%.
What is the most common crime in Twentynine Palms?
The most common crime type in Twentynine Palms is larceny-theft, accounting for 35.8% of all reported crimes (124 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Twentynine Palms 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 Twentynine Palms, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.