CrimeMetric

Crime in California

Major crime across California is 20% above the U.S. rate per resident: 34% higher for persons crimes and 17% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier. Of the 4 places below, 3 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
120
20% above the U.S. rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
134
34% above the U.S. rate
down 3.5% in a year
Property crimes
117
17% above the U.S. rate
down 8.4% in a year
Social disorder
102
about the U.S. rate
down 4.9% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in California, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst California
Los Angeles16134% higher
San Diego116about the same
San Jose16134% higher
San Francisco18050% higher

The largest places in California that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Robbery is highest, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in California, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Robbery201
Aggravated assault128
Rape / sexual assault95
Murder87

Property crimes

Motor vehicle theft161
Theft from vehicle151
Burglary136
Shoplifting95
Other larceny94

Social disorder

Drugs and alcohol129
Weapons violations118
Vandalism111
Disorderly conduct102
Trespassing102
Simple assault92
Intimidation50

How crime varies across California

Share of California residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5029.9%
  • 50–10032.9%
  • 100–20024.2%
  • 200–4009.4%
  • 400+3.5%

79.4% of California residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (20.6%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (0.0%), and 0.0% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources

25,607 block groups and 39,521,999 residents. How the estimates are made