What is the crime rate in Carson, CA?

In 2025, the Carson Police Department reported 394 violent crimes and 2,314 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 436 violent and 2,561 property crimes per 100,000 of the 90,372 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: 436
Property per 100,000: 2,561
Violent crimes: 394
Property crimes: 2,314

Crime reported by the Carson 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	401	441	2,518	2,768	90,974
2024	377	420	2,647	2,949	89,767
2025	394	436	2,314	2,561	90,372

Violent crimes reported went from 401 in 2023 to 394 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,518 in 2023 to 2,314 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.

Carson against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carson	436	2,561
Los Angeles County	547	2,172
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 Carson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carson	—	436	2,561
Compton	3.9 mi	1,245	2,610
Gardena	5.0 mi	616	3,011
Lomita	5.1 mi	429	1,817
Signal Hill	5.2 mi	547	5,086
Torrance	6.2 mi	306	2,620
Rolling Hills Estates	6.2 mi	214	1,700
Paramount	6.2 mi	640	2,398
Lynwood	6.4 mi	743	2,265

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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