2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Merced, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach has 10% less violent crime than Merced.
- Long Beach has 13% less property crime than Merced.
 Merced, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock33.422.7
 Property Crime47.1  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Merced, CaliforniaCrime Index
 Tuttle, CA17.5
 McSwain, CA18.9
 Hilmar-Irwin, CA25.6
 Snelling, CA27.4
 Livingston, CA27.8
 Cressey, CA30.3
 Gustine, CA30.75
 South Dos Palos, CA31.5
 Planada, CA31.55
 Franklin (Merced County), CA31.65

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