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Crime Index: (100 is Safest)

Crime rates for Torrance, CA

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Torrance zip codes90504, 90505, 90503, 90501, 90502, 90277, 90717

POPULATION
137,933

Torrance Crime Rates

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CRIME INDEX

33

100 is safest


This city is safer than 33% of the cities in the US.

city Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
276 3,863 4,139
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
2.00 28.01 30.01




  • Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 4.7
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Torrance
    1 in 500
  • in California
    1 in 178
2
5.61
Torrance California
Torrance violent crimes
Population: 137,933
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 0 25 152 99
RATE PER 1,000 0.00 0.18 1.10 0.72
United States violent crimes
Population: 296,410,404
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 16,692 93,934 417,122 862,947
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.32 1.41 2.91
  • Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 34.3
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Torrance
    1 in 36
  • in California
    1 in 28
28.01
35.44
Torrance California
Torrance property crimes
Population: 137,933
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 713 2,493 605
RATE PER 1,000 5.17 18.07 4.39
United States property crimes
Population: 296,410,404
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 2,154,126 6,776,807 1,235,226
RATE PER 1,000 7.27 22.86 4.17
  • Crimes Per Square Mile

197
187
Torrance California
  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 49.6


About Torrance crime rates

Torrance has an overall crime rate of 30 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Torrance is 1 in 33. How does Torrance fare compared to other communities in California of all population sizes? Torrance's crime rate is lower than approximately 60% of California communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Torrance has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Torrance is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

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 Torrance 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 Torrance.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Torrance's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Torrance is one in 500.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Torrance – burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson – is 28 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

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