CrimeMetric

Crime in Stockton, California

Major crime in Stockton is 1.9 times the U.S. rate per resident: 3.0 times for persons crimes and 1.7 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
194
1.9 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the California rate
down 6.1% in a year
Persons crimes
303
3.0 times the U.S. rate
2.3 times the California rate
down 8.4% in a year
Property crimes
170
1.7 times the U.S. rate
45% above the California rate
down 5.2% in a year
Social disorder
125
25% above the U.S. rate
23% above the California rate
down 9.2% 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 6.5 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Persons crimes

Robbery648914
Murder26331

Property crimes

Burglary3461,862
Shoplifting1321,382

How crime varies across Stockton

The middle half of Stockton residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 74 and 230; the typical (median) resident's is 137. The citywide figure (194) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Stockton, 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. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–507.4%
  • 50–10031.2%
  • 100–20030.6%
  • 200–40022.1%
  • 400+8.7%

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 6pm159
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am228
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm178
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am235
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 6.1% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-6.1%CA -7.4%-13.8%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-8.4%CA -3.5%-6.8%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-5.2%CA -8.4%-16.6%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-9.2%CA -4.9%-5.9%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

Stockton against U.S. places with 250,000 to 500,000 residents

11 of the 53 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Stockton; the middle of the group is 142. The 9 nearest in population:

Cincinnati, OH320,786272
Stockton, CA328,940194
Orlando, FL333,799186
Riverside, CA325,536159
Anaheim, CA339,763132
Newark, NJ330,800106
Santa Ana, CA317,92086
Irvine, CA323,64565

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

Nearby places

Stockton has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Lincoln Village (2 mi), is about Stockton's rate.

Stockton194
Lodi10 mi145
August3 mi134
Morada5 mi118
Woodbridge12 mi52

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

Questions about crime in Stockton

What are the most common crimes in Stockton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 2,019 a year), theft from vehicle (about 1,922 a year) and burglary (about 1,862 a year). Compared with the U.S., robbery stands out most: 6.5 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. Stockton's figures add up its 208 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Stockton's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 90.7% 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: 328,940. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100