West Hollywood, CA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 151% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Hollywood, CA shows violent crime at 884.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 5,491 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 151% 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
884.2/100K violent
5491/100K property
+151% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Hollywood, CA
Position in the state cohort
West Hollywood reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 884.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Hollywood ranks 32 of 458 — above 426 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +169.2% 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 558.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 884.2 in 2024 (+58.4%). The highest observed value was 947.8 in 2022 and the lowest 558.3 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
West Hollywood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Hollywood's 884.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are San Bernardino (897.1), Parlier (897.3), Santa Fe Springs (905.8), Isleton (909.1). 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 77.5% of reported property offenses in West Hollywood, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (290) and motor vehicle theft (129). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 13.9% of the 2,163 Part I offenses reported in West Hollywood for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 3.2 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 West Hollywood'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.
West Hollywood's 2024 municipal footprint
West Hollywood's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 2,163 offenses; mix index 4,756).
Violent offenses are only 14% 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.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-12.6%
6279.6 → 5491/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-3.4%
915.6 → 884.2/100K
Property offenses lead West Hollywood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs CA
Property Crime
1,863
5491
1711
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
1,444
4256.1
-
-
Burglary
290
854.8
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
129
380.2
-
-
Arson
7
20.6
-
-
Violent Crime
300
884.2
352
476.8
Aggravated Assault
165
486.3
-
-
Robbery
107
315.4
-
-
Rape
26
76.6
-
-
Murder
2
5.9
-
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West Hollywood 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.
West Hollywood 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
West Hollywood Police Department
Reporting agency for West Hollywood Summary Reporting (SRS)
West Hollywood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Hollywood's 2,163 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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West Hollywood at 884.2/100K violent and 5,491/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Hollywood reported 300 violent crimes and 1,863 property crimes, for a total of 2,163 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Hollywood?
From 2023 to 2024, West Hollywood's violent crime rate decreased by 3.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.6%.
What is the most common crime in West Hollywood?
The most common crime type in West Hollywood is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.8% of all reported crimes (1,444 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.