SANTA MONICA · INDEPENDENT CITY AND POLICE AGENCY

PLACE INDEPENDENT CITY

Santa Monica
in detail.

Santa Monica runs its own police department and publishes its own crime data.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD8.3 square miles

This view uses the recognizable neighborhood lines from Mapping L.A.

2,388 cases in 90 days Open records →-13.5% vs. prior 90 days Explore trend →Nov 12, 2026 latest published incident Open that day →

Santa Monica is live

The city’s new Community Crime Dashboard has current NIBRS offense data through Nov 12, 2026, including event times, neighborhood districts, and block-level map locations.

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01 STREET-LEVEL EXPLORER

The block,
on a real map.

Zoom, open a cluster, and click any dot to see the published block and full record.

Property Violent Other

ON THE MAP Public block-level locations from the publishing agencies. The dots remain usable if the background tiles are unavailable.

01 PATTERN EXPLORER

Santa Monica,
by the numbers.

See what changed, when it happened, and which records drove it. The stable comparison runs through Nov 12, 2026.The publisher does not provide enough report-timing detail for a lag-adjusted comparison.

7 days 28 days 90 days

UNIQUE CASES2,388↓ 13.5% lower than prior 90 daysOpen records →

PUBLISHED OFFENSE RECORDS3,182↓ 11.4% lower than prior 90 daysOpen records →

DAILY AVERAGE26.5Cases per calendar dayChoose a date →

PROPERTY SHARE31.9%Of offense records in this periodFilter property records →

CASES BY DAY90 stable comparison days ending Nov 12, 2026

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Aug 15, 2026Nov 12, 2026

PEAK DAYAug 31, 202641 cases · open day →OFFENSES IN EACH CASE1.33See the underlying records →CHANGE FROM EARLIER PERIOD-13.5%Change the time period →

TYPES OF CRIMEFamiliar crime groups

3,182 records

Property31.9%1,014 records · filter →Violent12%383 records · filter →Other56.1%1,785 records · filter →

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MOST COMMON OFFENSESWhat makes up the total

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All Other Offenses

82125.8%02

Drug Equipment Violations

36811.6%03

Drug/Narcotic Violations

2999.4%04

Shoplifting

1916%05

Simple Assault

1705.3%06

All Other Larceny

1514.7%07

Disorderly Conduct

1484.7%08

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

1183.7%

TIME OF OCCURRENCECases by hour

Based on recorded time

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM

PEAK HOUR2 PM157 cases · filter →

03 CLICK INTO THE RECORDS

Every record,
opened up.

Santa Monica Police offenses

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SEARCHSORT

41 of 3182 published offense records

PropertyHappened Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 PMOcean Park Association

Burglary/Breaking & Entering

2700 NEILSON WAY · Santa Monica Police.

OFFICIAL SANTA MONICA POLICE RECORDCase PD202683232Code 220

PropertyHappened Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 PMOcean Park Association

Motor Vehicle Theft

2700 NEILSON WAY · Santa Monica Police.

OFFICIAL SANTA MONICA POLICE RECORDCase PD202683232Code 240

OtherHappened Aug 19, 2026, 9:07 PMOcean Park Association