Safety index · Long Beach · data through August 2026
Is Shoreline safe?
Shoreline records a high level of reported crime for Long Beach. Its SafeRoute safety index is 24 out of 100 — 33 points below the citywide median of 57, ranking 85th of 96 Long Beach neighborhoods — based on 687 incidents reported to the Long Beach Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to August 2026.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 6 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Long Beach — a typical Long Beach neighborhood sits near 57. It ranks Shoreline against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (33% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 30% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 18% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 224 · 33% | |
| Other theft | 191 · 28% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 62 · 9% | |
| Burglary | 51 · 7% | |
| Drugs | 56 · 8% | |
| Robbery | 31 · 5% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Shoreline at night?
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Common questions
Is Shoreline safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 24/100). About 48% of severity-weighted incidents in Shoreline are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Shoreline?
Violent crime — 224 of 687 incidents (33%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to August 2026.
How is the Shoreline safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Long Beach Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Long Beach, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.