What is the crime rate in Imperial Beach, CA?

In 2025, the Imperial Beach Police Department reported 73 violent crimes and 104 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 287 violent and 409 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,437 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: 287
Property per 100,000: 409
Violent crimes: 73
Property crimes: 104

Crime reported by the Imperial Beach 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	95	371	241	940	25,625
2024	135	535	162	642	25,247
2025	73	287	104	409	25,437

Violent crimes reported went from 95 in 2023 to 73 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 241 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.

Imperial Beach against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Imperial Beach	287	409
San Diego County	316	1,155
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 Imperial Beach, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Imperial Beach	—	287	409
Coronado	6.6 mi	371	1,546
National City	6.8 mi	637	1,714
Lemon Grove	12 mi	348	774
La Mesa	15 mi	400	1,359
San Diego	17 mi	376	1,556
El Cajon	18 mi	459	1,228
Santee	21 mi	163	475
Del Mar	29 mi	103	668

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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