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Crime rates for Fullerton, CA

Safest Fullerton Neighborhoods

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9 Sunny Hills
10 S Basque Ave / W Ash Ave
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Fullerton crime rates

Population 137,183

About Fullerton crime rates

The crime rate in Fullerton is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 30 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fullerton is 1 in 34. Based on FBI crime data, Fullerton is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, Fullerton has a crime rate that is higher than 69% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Fullerton compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Fullerton with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Fullerton's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fullerton does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fullerton.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Fullerton occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Fullerton; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 436. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Fullerton's rate for property crime is 28 per one thousand population. This makes Fullerton a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Fullerton is one in 36.

Importantly, we found that Fullerton has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Fullerton is one in 366.

Fullerton Crime Data

CRIME INDEX
27
(100 is safest) Safer than 27% of
the cities
in the US.

Fullerton Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
315 3,778 4,093
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
2.30 27.54 29.84

Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 3.9

My chances of becoming a victim

in Fullerton 1 in 436

in California 1 in 243

2.30
4.11
Fullerton California
Population 137,183 Fullerton violent crimes
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORT TOTAL 2 25 106 182
RATE PER 1,000 0.01 0.18 0.77 1.33
Population 311,591,917 United States violent crimes
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORT TOTAL 14,612 83,425 354,396 751,131
RATE PER 1,000 0.05 0.27 1.14 2.41

Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 29.1

My chances of becoming a victim

in Fullerton 1 in 36

in California 1 in 39

27.54
25.84
Fullerton California
Population 137,183 Fullerton property crimes
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORT TOTAL 683 2,720 375
RATE PER 1,000 4.98 19.83 2.73
Population 311,591,917 United States property crimes
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORT TOTAL 2,188,005 6,159,795 715,373
RATE PER 1,000 7.02 19.77 2.30

Crimes Per Square Mile

National Median 39.6

183
85
Fullerton California

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