Cerritos, CA has a significantly lower rate of both violent and property crime than the national average. The rate of violent crime in Cerritos is 15.3 per 1,000 people, which is 6.4 points lower than the US average of 22.7 per 1,000 people. Similarly, the rate of property crime in Cerritos is 55 per 1,000 people, which is 19.4 points lower than the US average of 35.4 per 1,000 people. This indicates that the citizens of Cerritos can feel safer and secure knowing that they live in an area with much lower rates of criminal activity than most other cities in the United States.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Cerritos violent crime is 15.3. (The US average is 22.7)
Cerritos property crime is 55.0. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.