What is the crime rate in Pasadena, CA?

In 2025, the Pasadena Police Department reported 573 violent crimes and 3,222 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 419 violent and 2,358 property crimes per 100,000 of the 136,663 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: 419
Property per 100,000: 2,358
Violent crimes: 573
Property crimes: 3,222

Crime reported by the Pasadena 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	708	536	3,497	2,645	132,210
2024	641	486	3,717	2,817	131,966
2025	573	419	3,222	2,358	136,663

Violent crimes reported went from 708 in 2023 to 573 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,497 in 2023 to 3,222 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.

Pasadena against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pasadena	419	2,358
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 Pasadena, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pasadena	—	419	2,358
San Marino	3.0 mi	58	1,814
South Pasadena	3.7 mi	288	1,959
Sierra Madre	5.0 mi	216	732
San Gabriel	5.1 mi	237	1,792
Alhambra	5.3 mi	194	1,947
Temple City	6.1 mi	199	1,111
Arcadia	6.1 mi	198	2,440
Glendale	6.3 mi	235	1,905

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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