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Safety index · Long Beach · data through September 2026

Is Shoreline safe?

Shoreline records a high level of reported crime for Long Beach. Its SafeRoute safety index is 23 out of 100 — 34 points below the citywide median of 57, ranking 85th of 96 Long Beach neighborhoods — based on 708 incidents reported to the Long Beach Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to September 2026.

23/100
High risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Shoreline — higher is safer. 85th of 96 Long Beach neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH SEPTEMBER 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 (31% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 31% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 17% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Shoreline DriveSouth Harbor Scenic Drive neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center708 incidents reported within 1 km of the Shoreline center (500 shown) · Long Beach Police data through September 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the north of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Violent crime
221 · 31%
Other theft
183 · 26%
Criminal damage & arson
74 · 10%
Burglary
56 · 8%
Robbery
31 · 4%
Drugs
50 · 7%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Walking in Shoreline at night?

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Shoreline safe at night?

High risk overall (safety index 23/100). At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a short detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Shoreline?

Violent crime — 221 of 708 incidents (31%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 6 months to September 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.