What is the crime rate in San Clemente, CA?

In 2025, the San Clemente Police Department reported 103 violent crimes and 542 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 165 violent and 871 property crimes per 100,000 of the 62,236 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: 165
Property per 100,000: 871
Violent crimes: 103
Property crimes: 542

Crime reported by the San Clemente 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	151	903	1,432	63,061
2024	113	183	791	1,282	61,692
2025	103	165	542	871	62,236

Violent crimes reported went from 95 in 2023 to 103 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 903 in 2023 to 542 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.

San Clemente against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
San Clemente	165	871
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 San Clemente, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
San Clemente	—	165	871
San Juan Capistrano	4.3 mi	169	712
Dana Point	5.0 mi	172	853
Laguna Niguel	7.5 mi	114	651
Laguna Beach	11 mi	187	1,100
Laguna Hills	11 mi	219	849
Aliso Viejo	11 mi	120	621
Mission Viejo	11 mi	118	860
Rancho Santa Margarita	13 mi	111	461

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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