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.