What is the crime rate in Dana Point, CA?

In 2025, the Dana Point Police Department reported 56 violent crimes and 277 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 172 violent and 853 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,466 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: 172
Property per 100,000: 853
Violent crimes: 56
Property crimes: 277

Crime reported by the Dana Point 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	40	124	319	992	32,169
2024	61	188	283	873	32,405
2025	56	172	277	853	32,466

Violent crimes reported went from 40 in 2023 to 56 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 319 in 2023 to 277 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.

Dana Point against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dana Point	172	853
Orange County	264	1,336
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 Dana Point, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dana Point	—	172	853
San Juan Capistrano	2.8 mi	169	712
Laguna Niguel	3.7 mi	114	651
San Clemente	5.0 mi	165	871
Laguna Beach	6.1 mi	187	1,100
Aliso Viejo	7.5 mi	120	621
Laguna Hills	8.0 mi	219	849
Mission Viejo	9.5 mi	118	860
Laguna Woods	9.7 mi	71	638

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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