What is the crime rate in Norwalk, CA?

In 2025, the Norwalk Police Department reported 318 violent crimes and 1,546 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 327 violent and 1,590 property crimes per 100,000 of the 97,213 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: 327
Property per 100,000: 1,590
Violent crimes: 318
Property crimes: 1,546

Crime reported by the Norwalk 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	398	412	2,013	2,083	96,656
2024	362	374	1,902	1,967	96,677
2025	318	327	1,546	1,590	97,213

Violent crimes reported went from 398 in 2023 to 318 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,013 in 2023 to 1,546 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.

Norwalk against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Norwalk	327	1,590
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 Norwalk, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Norwalk	—	327	1,590
Santa Fe Springs	2.2 mi	959	5,860
Artesia	2.8 mi	439	1,800
Bellflower	2.9 mi	579	1,915
Cerritos	2.9 mi	251	3,791
Downey	3.4 mi	301	2,202
La Palma	4.7 mi	160	1,229
Lakewood	4.7 mi	356	2,051
Paramount	4.8 mi	640	2,398

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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