What is the crime rate in San Juan Capistrano, CA?

In 2025, the San Juan Capistrano Police Department reported 60 violent crimes and 253 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 169 violent and 712 property crimes per 100,000 of the 35,548 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: 169
Property per 100,000: 712
Violent crimes: 60
Property crimes: 253

Crime reported by the San Juan Capistrano 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	80	234	402	1,174	34,236
2024	58	168	389	1,124	34,620
2025	60	169	253	712	35,548

Violent crimes reported went from 80 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 402 in 2023 to 253 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 Juan Capistrano against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
San Juan Capistrano	169	712
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 Juan Capistrano, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
San Juan Capistrano	—	169	712
Dana Point	2.8 mi	172	853
Laguna Niguel	3.3 mi	114	651
San Clemente	4.3 mi	165	871
Laguna Hills	6.7 mi	219	849
Laguna Beach	6.8 mi	187	1,100
Aliso Viejo	6.9 mi	120	621
Mission Viejo	7.5 mi	118	860
Laguna Woods	8.8 mi	71	638

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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