What is the crime rate in Paramount, CA?

In 2025, the Paramount Police Department reported 324 violent crimes and 1,213 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 640 violent and 2,398 property crimes per 100,000 of the 50,586 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: 640
Property per 100,000: 2,398
Violent crimes: 324
Property crimes: 1,213

Crime reported by the Paramount 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	370	730	1,421	2,802	50,717
2024	275	547	1,432	2,849	50,265
2025	324	640	1,213	2,398	50,586

Violent crimes reported went from 370 in 2023 to 324 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,421 in 2023 to 1,213 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.

Paramount against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Paramount	640	2,398
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 Paramount, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Paramount	—	640	2,398
Bellflower	2.4 mi	579	1,915
Lynwood	2.7 mi	743	2,265
Downey	3.4 mi	301	2,202
South Gate	3.5 mi	475	3,287
Compton	3.5 mi	1,245	2,610
Lakewood	4.4 mi	356	2,051
Bell Gardens	4.6 mi	299	1,102
Cudahy	4.6 mi	466	1,338

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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