What is the crime rate in Arroyo Grande, CA?

In 2025, the Arroyo Grande Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 104 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 126 violent and 571 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,203 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 126
Property per 100,000: 571
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 104

Crime reported by the Arroyo Grande Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	83	452	218	1,187	18,360
2024	36	198	140	770	18,179
2025	23	126	104	571	18,203

Violent crimes reported went from 83 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 218 in 2023 to 104 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Arroyo Grande against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Arroyo Grande	126	571
San Luis Obispo County	280	959
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Arroyo Grande, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Arroyo Grande	—	126	571
Grover Beach	2.0 mi	216	664
Pismo Beach	5.4 mi	314	1,770
San Luis Obispo	11 mi	347	2,054
Guadalupe	11 mi	147	620
Santa Maria	15 mi	626	1,813
Morro Bay	23 mi	199	1,033
Atascadero	26 mi	148	730

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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