CrimeMetric

Crime in McFarland, California

Major crime in McFarland is 46% below the U.S. rate per resident: 10% higher for persons crimes and 59% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.9% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
54
46% below the U.S. rate
55% below the California rate
down 8.9% in a year
Persons crimes
110
10% above the U.S. rate
18% below the California rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
41
59% below the U.S. rate
65% below the California rate
down 10.8% in a year
Social disorder
94
6% below the U.S. rate
7% below the California rate
down 6.8% 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

Weapons violations stand out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across McFarland

The middle half of McFarland residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 34 and 59; the typical (median) resident's is 52.

Map of McFarland, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5040.1%
  • 50–10052.8%
  • 100–2007.0%
  • 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 Friday and Saturday nights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm44
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am59
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm51
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am72
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.9% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.9%CA -7.4%-8.0%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-5.4%CA -3.5%-1.5%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-10.8%CA -8.4%-11.8%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-6.8%CA -4.9%-7.3%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

McFarland against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1,405 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than McFarland; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Ada, OK15,322379
Fairview, OR15,340163
Overland, MO15,356148
Roanoke, TX15,34559
McFarland, CA15,35554
Troy, MO15,35843
Berkley, MI15,32025

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

Nearby places

McFarland has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Delano (7 mi), is 12% above McFarland's rate.

Greenacres21 mi180
Oildale21 mi161
Pixley21 mi100
Earlimart15 mi83
Wasco9 mi72
Rosedale20 mi68
Shafter13 mi67
Delano7 mi60
McFarland54

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

Questions about crime in McFarland

What are the most common crimes in McFarland?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 39 a year), other larceny (about 28 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 27 a year). Compared with the U.S., weapons violations stands out most: 1.7 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. McFarland's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • McFarland 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: 15,355. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in McFarland, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/mcfarland

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100