Lake Forest, CA Crime


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Lake Forest, CA is a relatively safe city, with the violent crime rate being significantly lower than the US average. Specifically, violent crime in Lake Forest is 13.3 per 100,000 people, compared to the US average of 22.7 per 100,000 people. Similarly, property crime in Lake Forest is 17.3 per 100,000 people which is substantially lower than the US average of 35.4 per 100,000 people. This means that on a whole Lake Forest is a much safer place to live than most other cities in the United States.

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

Lake Forest violent crime is 13.3. (The US average is 22.7)
Lake Forest property crime is 17.3. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Lake Forest, CA Crime History
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Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
20002203.415.259.2142.11803.6328.21294.4181
2001142.11.37.846.586.61516.6313.91042.5160.2
2002161.23.810.245.7101.51615.7298.31168.9148.5
2003137.603.938.695.21583.33281090.7164.6
2004154.6010.341.2103.11455.8292.41021.6141.7
2005156.12.610.342.6100.61252.5255.4870.7126.4
2006125.81.37.832.484.31431.9265.91028.5137.5
2007121.81.37.941.970.71377.7273.71001.8102.1
2008142.81.39.342.389.91217.7235.389983.3
2009144.40439.7100.71276.7237.1954.984.8
2010121.4010.642.268.61265.5212.5971.281.8
2011113.92.61.328.181.91211.4179.1976.156.3
2012135.2010.125.399.81374.3286.7100879.6
20132.515.12985.71024.8189.1781.554.2
2014130.4023.822.684855.2159.3618.277.7
2015134.9018.628.587.91123.8165.8846.6111.4
2016125.7020.415.689.8893.3161.7638.293.4
2017157.9022.628.5106.9898.8197.1598.4103.3
2018186.41.216.442.2126.6892.1163597.9131.3
201976.11.28.116.150.8789124.6580.284.2

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Mission Viejo, CA68.1907.397,95032019
Laguna Woods, CA43.6772.918,24642019
Laguna Hills, CA102.81,301.331,81642019
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA62.0611.949,14452019
Irvine, CA64.21,306.2276,11562019
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Mission Viejo, CA68.1907.397,95032019
Aliso Viejo, CA51.7828.850,60462019
Laguna Niguel, CA64.5910.454,40092019
Tustin, CA175.52,635.865,31392019
Newport Beach, CA158.22,067.486,910132019

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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