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Brea, CA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 35 per one thousand residents, Brea has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 29. Within California, more than 89% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Brea.

Importantly, when you compare Brea to other communities of similar population, then Brea crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Brea does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Brea 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 Brea.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Brea 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 Brea; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 516. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Brea is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Brea, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 30, which is a rate of 33 per one thousand population.

Brea Crime Data

total Crime Index

7

(100 is safest)


Safer than 7% of U.S. cities.

Brea Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

91

1,547

1,638

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.94

32.92

34.86

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.94
4.99
National Median: 4
    Brea
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 516

in Brea

1 in 200

in California

Brea Violent Crimes

Population: 46,993
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 7 26 57
Rate per 1,000 0.02 0.15 0.55 1.21

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
32.92
23.43
National Median: 20
    Brea
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 30

in Brea

1 in 43

in California

Property Crimes

Population: 46,993
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 167 1,256 124
Rate per 1,000 3.55 26.73 2.64

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Brea Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
135
84
National Median: 27.0
    Brea
    California