What is the crime rate in Laguna Niguel, CA?

In 2025, the Laguna Niguel Police Department reported 73 violent crimes and 417 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 114 violent and 651 property crimes per 100,000 of the 64,098 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: 114
Property per 100,000: 651
Violent crimes: 73
Property crimes: 417

Crime reported by the Laguna Niguel 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	69	109	631	994	63,502
2024	80	128	568	911	62,363
2025	73	114	417	651	64,098

Violent crimes reported went from 69 in 2023 to 73 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 631 in 2023 to 417 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.

Laguna Niguel against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Laguna Niguel	114	651
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 Laguna Niguel, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Laguna Niguel	—	114	651
San Juan Capistrano	3.3 mi	169	712
Laguna Beach	3.6 mi	187	1,100
Dana Point	3.7 mi	172	853
Aliso Viejo	3.8 mi	120	621
Laguna Hills	4.3 mi	219	849
Laguna Woods	6.0 mi	71	638
Mission Viejo	6.1 mi	118	860
San Clemente	7.5 mi	165	871

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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