CrimeMetric

Crime in Bret Harte, California

Major crime in Bret Harte is 50% below the U.S. rate per resident: 6% lower for persons crimes and 60% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
50
50% below the U.S. rate
59% below the California rate
down 12.3% in a year
Persons crimes
94
6% below the U.S. rate
30% below the California rate
down 5.7% in a year
Property crimes
40
60% below the U.S. rate
66% below the California rate
down 15.4% in a year
Social disorder
76
24% below the U.S. rate
26% below the California rate
down 10.1% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Robbery stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Bret Harte for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Bret Harte

Bret Harte is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 43; the middle half of residents live where it is between 36 and 66.

Map of Bret Harte, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5059.4%
  • 50–10040.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm42
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am59
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm47
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am55
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 12.3% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-12.3%CA -7.4%-12.7%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-5.7%CA -3.5%-6.2%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-15.4%CA -8.4%-16.1%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-10.1%CA -4.9%-9.4%CA -9.4%

Change in expected crimes, with California as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Bret Harte against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,375 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Bret Harte; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Fabens, TX5,343110
Veneta, OR5,35073
Bret Harte, CA5,34350
Sayre, PA5,34235

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Bret Harte has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, West Modesto (1 mi), is 7% below Bret Harte's rate.

Empire6 mi148
Modesto4 mi107
Ceres3 mi88
Riverbank9 mi82
Bret Harte50
Keyes6 mi47
Salida9 mi40
Hughson8 mi26

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Bret Harte

What are the most common crimes in Bret Harte?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 11 a year), theft from vehicle (about 8 a year) and other larceny (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., robbery stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Bret Harte's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Bret Harte has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 5,343. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bret Harte, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/bret-harte

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100