Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Lake Forest has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Lake Forest is 1 in 85. How does Lake Forest fare compared to other communities in California of all population sizes? Lake Forest's crime rate is lower than approximately 71% of California communities.
However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Lake Forest has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Lake Forest is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Lake Forest does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lake Forest.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Lake Forest's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Lake Forest is one in 816.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Lake Forest's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Lake Forest a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Lake Forest is one in 94.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
105 |
908 |
1,013 |
Crime Rate
|
1.23 |
10.60 |
11.83 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 11 | 35 | 59 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.41 | 0.69 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 126 | 655 | 127 |
Rate per 1,000 | 1.47 | 7.65 | 1.48 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |