El Segundo crime counts reported to the state, 2019 to 2025
California's police agencies send their yearly counts to the Department of Justice (DOJ), which publishes them on its OpenJustice portal in the Crimes and Clearances file. The El Segundo Police Department is the reporting agency for the whole city. Violent crime in the file means homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime means burglary, motor vehicle theft and larceny-theft.
| Year | Violent crimes | Property crimes | Burglary | Motor vehicle theft | Larceny-theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 82 | 625 | 164 | 74 | 387 |
| 2020 | 114 | 775 | 172 | 157 | 446 |
| 2021 | 116 | 818 | 243 | 148 | 427 |
| 2022 | 117 | 897 | 293 | 144 | 460 |
| 2023 | 74 | 1,076 | 268 | 149 | 659 |
| 2024 | 83 | 885 | 220 | 117 | 548 |
| 2025 | 67 | 570 | 151 | 90 | 329 |
El Segundo's 2025 figures in detail
The 67 violent crimes in 2025 were 46 aggravated assaults, 18 robberies and 3 rapes. There were no homicides. The DOJ file records two in the ten years from 2016 to 2025, one each in 2017 and 2022. Of the 329 larceny-thefts, 82 were shoplifting, 76 were thefts from vehicles, 29 were thefts of vehicle parts, 22 were thefts from buildings, 19 were bicycle thefts and the rest fell into other categories.
Business burglaries outnumber home burglaries in El Segundo
The burglary count needs a closer read. Of the 151 burglaries in 2025, the DOJ file classes 95 as non-residential, meaning offices, stores, warehouses and other commercial buildings, and 56 as residential. That 56 was the lowest residential count in the ten years of data, which ranged from 56 to 109 a year. Non-residential burglaries, by contrast, rose from 77 in 2016 to a high of 203 in 2022 before falling to 95.
The trend since 2019
Property crime climbed every year from 625 in 2019 to 1,076 in 2023, a rise of 72%, driven by larceny and commercial burglary. It then fell 18% to 885 in 2024 and another 36% to 570 in 2025, below the 2019 level. Violent crime jumped from 82 in 2019 to between 114 and 117 a year from 2020 to 2022, then returned to 74 in 2023, 83 in 2024 and 67 in 2025. Motor vehicle thefts doubled from 74 in 2019 to 157 in 2020 and have eased to 90. With fewer than 17,000 residents, a swing of 17 cases moves the per-resident rate by one point, so read the direction over several years.
Why El Segundo's per-resident property crime rate looks high
El Segundo's property crime rate per resident is about one and a half times that of its neighbors, and the reason is mostly arithmetic. The Census Bureau counts 16,769 people living in the city (American Community Survey 2020-2024). Census County Business Patterns figures published for ZIP 90245 show about 2,288 business establishments with 80,838 employees. On a weekday, the people in the city are mostly workers who live somewhere else, and thefts from their cars, offices and the stores they use are all counted against the resident population.
A rough daytime-population check for El Segundo
As an illustration only, adding the ZIP's employee count to its residents gives about 97,600 people. Total violent and property crimes in 2025, 637, would be about 6.5 per 1,000 on that base, against about 38.0 per 1,000 on residents alone. Neither figure is official. Some employees live in El Segundo, some work from home, and shoppers and airport travelers are not counted at all. The point is that the per-resident rate is not a good guide to the risk faced by someone who lives in the city.
What the mix of offenses shows
Shoplifting (82 cases) and commercial burglary (95) together made up about 31% of El Segundo's 570 property crimes in 2025. Those offenses are tied to stores, offices and industrial sites more than to homes. Thefts from vehicles (76) affect both commuters and residents, so ask about off-street parking when you compare homes.
El Segundo crime rates against nearby cities, the county and the state
For the table, we divided each agency's 2025 DOJ counts by the population in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey and multiplied by 1,000. These are our calculations, not published rates, and they all share the daytime-population problem described above to a lesser degree.
| Agency (2025) | Violent crimes | Violent per 1,000 | Property crimes | Property per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 67 | 4.0 | 570 | 34.0 |
| Manhattan Beach | 40 | 1.2 | 727 | 21.3 |
| Redondo Beach | 161 | 2.3 | 1,533 | 22.1 |
| Torrance | 425 | 3.0 | 3,594 | 25.3 |
| Hawthorne | 470 | 5.5 | 1,550 | 18.2 |
| Los Angeles (LAPD, citywide) | 25,862 | 6.7 | 86,604 | 22.5 |
| Los Angeles County (all agencies) | 53,447 | 5.4 | 221,486 | 22.6 |
| California | 170,397 | 4.3 | 705,925 | 18.0 |
El Segundo's violent crime rate per resident is slightly below the state's and below the county's, Hawthorne's and LAPD's citywide figure. LAPD's number covers the whole City of Los Angeles, including Westchester and Playa del Rey to the north of El Segundo, so it says little about those areas on their own.
What the El Segundo numbers cannot tell you
- No street detail. The DOJ file is one row per agency per year. It cannot separate El Segundo's residential streets from its commercial and industrial areas, or one block from the next.
- Reporting differs. Many thefts go unreported, and stores report shoplifting at different rates, which can move El Segundo's total from year to year.
- Counts are not weighted. A stolen bicycle and a stolen car each add one to the property total.
- Clearance rates. In 2025, El Segundo police cleared 42 of 67 violent crimes (63%) and 72 of 570 property crimes (13%). Across California, 46% of violent crimes and 11% of property crimes were cleared. Cleared means an arrest or another exceptional clearance under the reporting rules, not a conviction.
How to check crime near an El Segundo address
LexisNexis Community Crime Map for El Segundo
The Community Crime Map plots recent incidents from agencies that share data with it. Enter the address, set at least a six-month window, and look at the categories as well as the dots: a cluster of shoplifting at a shopping center reads differently from car break-ins on a residential street. If El Segundo's data does not appear, ask the police department how residents can see recent activity.
El Segundo Police Department records and non-emergency line
The department is part of the City of El Segundo. Ask its records unit or the non-emergency line about calls for service near an address and how its own published figures are counted. The city's website refused our automated requests, so open it in your browser to find current contact details.
California DOJ OpenJustice for El Segundo trends
The Crimes and Clearances file goes back to 1985 and includes the larceny and burglary detail used on this page. Download it to compare El Segundo with any other agency on the same definitions.
FBI Crime Data Explorer
The FBI's Crime Data Explorer shows what the El Segundo Police Department reported to the national program, with more detail on offense types. Its counts can differ from the DOJ's for the same year because of reporting system changes.
Megan's Law search for ZIP 90245
The California DOJ's Megan's Law website maps registered sex offenders whose home addresses are public. Search by street address or by ZIP 90245.
Walk the block at different hours
Visit on a weekday at commute time, in the evening and on a weekend. Near shopping and office areas, parking, deliveries and traffic shape daily life as much as crime counts do. Ask neighbors about package theft and car break-ins on their street.
Flood, tsunami and earthquake risk in El Segundo
Crime is one part of risk. The city's boundary extends offshore: the Census Bureau records about 13.7 million square meters of water inside it, nearly as much as its 14.1 million square meters of land, so coastal hazard maps apply to the western edge of town.
- Flood: look up the parcel on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and ask your insurer whether flood cover is required or recommended.
- Tsunami: the California Geological Survey publishes tsunami hazard area maps for the Los Angeles County coast. Check whether the address falls inside one.
- Earthquake and multiple hazards: Cal OES's MyHazards lookup shows earthquake, flood, tsunami and fire hazard layers for an address. The Census median year built for homes in ZIP 90245 is 1964, so ask whether an older house has been bolted to its foundation.
The seller's Natural Hazard Disclosure covers mapped zones. Our California seller disclosure guide explains it, and the earthquake insurance guide covers the California Earthquake Authority options.
Before you buy or rent in El Segundo: a short checklist
- Pull six months of incidents around the address on the Community Crime Map and note the offense types.
- Ask the El Segundo Police Department about recent calls for service on the street.
- Ask the seller or landlord about garage access, off-street parking and any break-ins.
- Check FEMA flood and state tsunami maps and read the Natural Hazard Disclosure.
- Visit at commute time and at night.
- Get insurance quotes before you remove your contingencies.
For prices and the buying process, see our El Segundo homes guide, the El Segundo ZIP code guide and living in El Segundo. For other cities on the same data, see our guide to crime rates across California.