California Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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California displays a 44.15-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: San Francisco, California at 61.44 points out of 100 versus Fresno, California at 17.29.
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California displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 847 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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California has 4 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Los Angeles, California has a reporting population of 3,857,897 residents versus 524,802 in Sacramento, California, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in California is San Francisco with an adjusted safety score of 61.44 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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California city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | #1 of 6 | 836,321 | 61.44 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| San Diego | #2 of 6 | 1,385,061 | 58.62 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Los Angeles | #3 of 6 | 3,857,897 | 30.24 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| San Jose | #4 of 6 | 990,054 | 25.13 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Sacramento | #5 of 6 | 524,802 | 22.65 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Fresno | #6 of 6 | 543,615 | 17.29 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
California in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Homicide -18% (3,330 to 2,721), robbery -17%, motor vehicle theft -16%, burglary -14%, aggravated assault -6%, larceny-theft -4%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 1,344,084 of 2,562,103 reports (52.5%); larceny-theft alone is 767,088 (29.9%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 78% of homicides cleared vs 7% of motor vehicle thefts and 11% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 2,721 reports in 2025 vs 3,330 in 2024 (-18%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (331,889) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (299,547, 11.7% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jan (67,491) and troughed in Jun (60,336), a 1.1× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 511 of 524 agencies reported homicide in December 2025 (vs 512 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 524 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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California monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 767088 reports vs 802877 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 67,491 | 305 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 62,396 | 305 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 66,223 | 305 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 62,818 | 305 | Full |
| May 2025 | 63,582 | 305 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 60,336 | 305 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 64,655 | 306 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 64,683 | 306 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 62,218 | 306 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 65,284 | 307 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 60,851 | 307 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 66,551 | 307 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 331889 reports vs 310063 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 25,530 | 302 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 24,354 | 302 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 27,497 | 302 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 26,786 | 302 | Full |
| May 2025 | 29,523 | 302 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 27,109 | 302 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 28,226 | 303 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 30,247 | 303 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 28,833 | 303 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 29,794 | 304 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 27,463 | 304 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 26,527 | 304 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
→ Stable, 243187 reports vs 245045 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 20,587 | 307 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 19,245 | 307 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 21,174 | 307 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 20,617 | 307 | Full |
| May 2025 | 21,327 | 307 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 20,317 | 307 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 21,019 | 308 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 20,399 | 308 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 19,754 | 308 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 20,491 | 309 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 19,260 | 309 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 18,997 | 309 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
78% of homicides cleared vs 7% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2,721 | 2,114 | 77.7% |
| Aggravated Assault | 197,971 | 102,382 | 51.7% |
| Robbery | 61,805 | 20,514 | 33.2% |
| Burglary | 171,451 | 18,289 | 10.7% |
| Larceny-theft | 767,088 | 92,891 | 12.1% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 203,528 | 13,551 | 6.7% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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California city reports
- San Francisco safety report: #1 of 6, population 836,321, score 61.44, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- San Diego safety report: #2 of 6, population 1,385,061, score 58.62, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Los Angeles safety report: #3 of 6, population 3,857,897, score 30.24, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- San Jose safety report: #4 of 6, population 990,054, score 25.13, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Sacramento safety report: #5 of 6, population 524,802, score 22.65, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Fresno safety report: #6 of 6, population 543,615, score 17.29, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
California reporting agencies recorded 67,491 larceny-theft offenses in Jan 2025 versus 60,336 in Jun 2025, a difference of 7,155 reports; 305 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 305 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 767,088 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
California reporting agencies recorded 30,247 simple assault offenses in Aug 2025 versus 24,354 in Feb 2025, a difference of 5,893 reports; 303 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 302 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 331,889 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
California reporting agencies recorded 21,327 vandalism offenses in May 2025 versus 18,997 in Dec 2025, a difference of 2,330 reports; 307 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 309 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 243,187 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
California reporting agencies recorded 2,114 cleared homicide offenses against 2,721 reports received in 2025 (77.7%), compared with 13,551 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 203,528 reports (6.7%), a 71.0-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
San Francisco, California records 61.44 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 25.54 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 35.90; its reporting population of 836,321 residents accounts for 10.3% of the 8,137,750 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
San Diego, California records 58.62 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 22.72 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 35.90; its reporting population of 1,385,061 residents accounts for 17.0% of the 8,137,750 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Fresno, California records 17.29 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 18.61 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 35.90; its reporting population of 543,615 residents accounts for 6.7% of the 8,137,750 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
California reporting-agency sums contain 767,088 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 802,877 in 2024, 35,789 reports (4.5%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 303 to 307 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
California reporting-agency sums contain 331,889 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 310,063 in 2024, 21,826 reports (7.0%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 300 to 304 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
California reporting-agency sums contain 243,187 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 245,045 in 2024, 1,858 reports (0.8%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 305 to 309 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the California directory
The scoring run contains 847 reportable jurisdictions in California. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, San Francisco has the highest adjusted score at 61.44, and Fresno has the lowest at 17.29. The public-cohort range is 44.15 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 4 decreasing, 1 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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