The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lompoc, CA
Lompoc is a city of 48,200 in Santa Barbara County, about 20 miles south of downtown Santa Maria · Updated November 2026
Is Lompoc, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Lompoc has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lompoc run from A+ to D+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 738 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lompoc as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lompoc scores 738.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Lompoc, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lompoc, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Lompoc
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Lompoc, 48% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lompoc
Low crime is the norm across Lompoc: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Lompoc run from A+ to D+; 16% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%27%
A or B 68%C 27%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lompoc, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Lompoc?
Reported crime in Lompoc has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 29% and property crime down 43%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.9 to 4.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 25 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
LompocUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lompoc. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lompoc
Violent, US
Property, Lompoc
Property, US
2016
-25%
+4%
-10%
+15%
2017
-18%
+4%
-9%
+12%
2018
-25%
+0%
-10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
+4%
-12%
-8%
2021
-13%
+6%
-20%
-10%
2022
-28%
+5%
-28%
-6%
2023
-29%
+2%
-28%
-7%
2024
-28%
-4%
-43%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lompoc
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lompoc has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to California.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Lompoc, about 38% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Lompoc
Lompoc has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Lompoc, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 36% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (28%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Lompoc compares with nearby cities
Lompoc has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Two things set Lompoc apart: it has 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 51% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.51% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 57% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lompoc on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Lompoc
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lompoc about $1,360 a year per household, 13% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $65 million a year, or $1,339 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$45
Rape
$1.7 million
$36
Robbery
$1.2 million
$26
Assault
$8.2 million
$169
Burglary
$790,000
$16
Theft
$2.2 million
$46
Vehicle theft
$2.5 million
$51
Arson
$220,000
$5
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$45
Total
$21 million
$439
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Lompoc means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Lompoc, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 30% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lompoc on SchoolGrade
