Redondo Beach is a city of 78,700 in Los Angeles County, about 16 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Redondo Beach?
Violent crime in Redondo Beach sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Assaults make up 82% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 873 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Redondo Beach as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Redondo Beach scores 873.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Redondo Beach, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Redondo Beach, 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 about violent crime in Redondo Beach
One weak spot: robbery. It grades B in Redondo Beach, worse than in the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Aggravated assault runs low. Redondo Beach has 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Redondo Beach
Every part of Redondo Beach where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Redondo Beach run from A+ to B+.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Redondo Beach?
Reported violent crime in Redondo Beach peaked in 2022 and has fallen 44% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Redondo BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Redondo Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Redondo Beach
Violent, US
2016
-2%
+4%
2017
+8%
+4%
2018
+6%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-3%
+4%
2021
+39%
+6%
2022
+79%
+5%
2023
+33%
+2%
2024
+1%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Redondo Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Redondo Beach has about 6.8 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 49% less than the US as a whole and 43% less than California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Redondo Beach, about 82% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Redondo Beach, 34% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 75% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (75%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (34%)
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.
Violent crime in Redondo Beach and nearby cities
Redondo Beach has less violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Redondo Beach. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Redondo Beach is safer than 81% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Redondo Beach apart: it has 80% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (47 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.80% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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 assault.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Redondo Beach: C- (28 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 69% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 57% of US city residents
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 violent crime costs Redondo Beach
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Redondo Beach about $42 million a year, or $537 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $11 million, or $135 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 75% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$22
Rape
$1.1 million
$15
Robbery
$2.3 million
$30
Assault
$5.4 million
$69
Total
$11 million
$135
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
