It is located in Los Angeles County, CA. It has a population of 50,809 inhabitants. The crime rate is - 471.37 per 10.000 people. There have been 2,395 arrests in 2017. The city has seen a downtick in arrest records since last year by 0.000%. The majority of crimes committed in Cerritos are larceny/theft crimes - 1,511 incarcerations, whereas the least popular crime is the murder and non negligent manslaughter - only 2 arrests.
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The city has seen more non-violent crimes than violent. There have been 127 felony charges and 2,268 non-violent crimes.
For the time period of 2007-2017, the city of Cerritos averaged 1,153 violent crimes. Of that total, 5 was for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 7 was for revised rape, another 44 was for legacy rape, 642 was for robbery, and 455 was for aggravated assault.