Is San Jose, CA Safe? 2026 Crime Rates & Safety Report
Key facts
- 01
San Jose, California reported 522.09 motor vehicle theft offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 2.71 times the national reference of 193.00 per 100,000 and 329.09 per 100,000 above that reference, with 5,169 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).
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San Jose, California reported 111.71 robbery offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 2.32 times the national reference of 48.24 per 100,000 and 63.47 per 100,000 above that reference, with 1,106 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).
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San Jose, California reported 339.58 burglary offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 1.80 times the national reference of 188.15 per 100,000 and 151.43 per 100,000 above that reference, with 3,362 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).
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San Jose, California reported 337.05 aggravated assault offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 1.47 times the national reference of 229.56 per 100,000 and 107.49 per 100,000 above that reference, with 3,337 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).
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San Jose, California reported 1,531.43 larceny-theft offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 1.38 times the national reference of 1,106.97 per 100,000 and 424.46 per 100,000 above that reference, with 15,162 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, San Jose, CA has an adjusted safety score of 25.13 out of 100. It ranks #4 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in California. Its overall crime trajectory is currently classified as stable.
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2026 edition, FBI source year 2025.
San Jose in 7 numbers
- Burglary fell 18%. 3,362 reports in 2025 vs 4,100 in 2024 (−18%), the largest year-over-year move of any indicator offense.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 29,029 of 53,839 reports (53.9%); larceny-theft alone is 15,162 (28.2%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 75% of homicides cleared vs 6.2% of motor vehicle thefts and 7.7% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared ÷ reports received).
- A second look at burglary. March (334) ran 1.4× September (236); the year finished down 18%.
- Robbery is volatile but down. Monthly counts swung 1.8× (Apr 118 vs Dec 66); the year finished 18% below 2024.
- The biggest volume isn’t violent. Simple assault (7,940) and vandalism (5,337) dwarf the whole personal-safety total (5,362, 10.0% of reports).
- Small months, big bars. December’s 66 robberies vs April’s 118 is a gap of 52 reports, monthly charts amplify small-number swings. Read the 12-month direction, not one bar.
Takeaways are computed from FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, CA0431300). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
Every number on this page ships in the California workbook.
Key Public Safety Indicators
Reported rates per 100,000 residents; national references shown alongside.
| Offense Class | Annual Count | Rate per 100K | National Avg | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbery | 1106 | 111.71 | 48.24 |
2.32× national |
| Aggravated Assault | 3337 | 337.05 | 229.56 |
1.47× national |
| Burglary | 3362 | 339.58 | 188.15 |
1.8× national |
| Larceny-theft | 15162 | 1531.43 | 1106.97 |
1.38× national |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 5169 | 522.09 | 193.0 |
2.71× national |
Data, definitions and reuse
Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Subcategories are excluded to avoid double counting. Counts are offenses reported to police in this jurisdiction, not rates, neighborhood scores or a census of all crime.
| Month | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 391 | 2095 |
| Feb | 383 | 2043 |
| Mar | 505 | 2233 |
| Apr | 508 | 1998 |
| May | 469 | 1842 |
| Jun | 382 | 1804 |
| Jul | 428 | 1921 |
| Aug | 464 | 1979 |
| Sep | 425 | 1800 |
| Oct | 358 | 2017 |
| Nov | 359 | 2035 |
| Dec | 351 | 2101 |
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San Jose monthly trend: reported counts through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month for the three highest-relative indicator offenses; each table carries the same numbers with FBI pre-computed rates. The full 19-offense monthly series (2020-2025) is downloadable below.
Motor Vehicle Theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 5169 reports vs 6143 in 2024 (down 16% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Rate per 100K | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 467 | 46.96 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 428 | 43.04 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 494 | 49.68 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 414 | 41.63 | Full |
| May 2025 | 384 | 38.61 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 383 | 38.51 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 434 | 43.64 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 502 | 50.48 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 432 | 43.44 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 427 | 42.94 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 409 | 41.13 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 395 | 39.72 | Full |
Robbery, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 1106 reports vs 1347 in 2024 (down 18% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Rate per 100K | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 98 | 9.85 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 93 | 9.35 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 109 | 10.96 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 118 | 11.87 | Full |
| May 2025 | 100 | 10.06 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 98 | 9.85 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 100 | 10.06 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 89 | 8.95 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 72 | 7.24 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 78 | 7.84 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 85 | 8.55 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 66 | 6.64 | Full |
Burglary, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 3362 reports vs 4100 in 2024 (down 18% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Rate per 100K | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 298 | 29.97 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 304 | 30.57 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 334 | 33.59 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 261 | 26.25 | Full |
| May 2025 | 289 | 29.06 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 264 | 26.55 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 282 | 28.36 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 238 | 23.93 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 236 | 23.73 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 303 | 30.47 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 307 | 30.87 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 246 | 24.74 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
75% of homicides cleared vs 6% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 24 | 18 | 75.0% |
| Aggravated Assault | 3,337 | 1,530 | 45.8% |
| Robbery | 1,106 | 353 | 31.9% |
| Burglary | 3,362 | 273 | 8.1% |
| Larceny-theft | 15,162 | 1,161 | 7.7% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 5,169 | 322 | 6.2% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts and FBI pre-computed rates per 100,000, FBI CDE source year 2025, CA0431300. Rates use FBI month-specific covered-population denominators and are shown as published, not recomputed. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Annual totals equal the sum of shown months within ±2% (see manifest).
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What drives San Jose's safety score?
San Jose ranks in the middle half of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in California, ahead of approximately 33% of that scored set. The profile uses a reporting population of 990,054 and source-year data through 2025; it is a citywide agency-level comparison, not a neighborhood forecast.
The strongest of the three score components is Community Order at 48.08, while Property Security is lowest at 11.07. The 37.01-point spread shows why the composite should be read by component instead of as a single absolute claim about safety.
Among the five public offense indicators, Motor Vehicle Theft is highest relative to its national reference at 522.09 per 100,000 (2.71× the national rate). Larceny-theft is lowest on the same relative basis at 1531.43 per 100,000 (1.38× national).
Coverage check: 18 of 18 tracked offense classes have reportable values in this profile. Missing values are not converted to zero.
Public indicator mix
San Jose, California recorded 15,162 larceny-theft offenses in 2025, 53.9% of the 28,136 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 1,106 robbery reports (3.9%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.
San Jose, California recorded 5,169 motor vehicle theft offenses in 2025, 18.4% of the 28,136 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 1,106 robbery reports (3.9%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.
San Jose, California recorded 3,362 burglary offenses in 2025, 11.9% of the 28,136 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 1,106 robbery reports (3.9%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.
San Jose, California uses a reporting population of 990,054 residents and has values for 18 of the 18 tracked offense classes (100.0%) in its 2025 profile; coverage describes available classes rather than the share of residents reporting crime.
San Jose, California has an adjusted score of 25.13 points out of 100 versus 61.44 in San Francisco, California, a difference of 36.31 points below that displayed state peer in the 2025 source-year profile; San Jose ranks 4 of 6 scored jurisdictions in the published state comparison set.
San Jose, California has an adjusted score of 25.13 points out of 100 versus 58.62 in San Diego, California, a difference of 33.49 points below that displayed state peer in the 2025 source-year profile; San Jose ranks 4 of 6 scored jurisdictions in the published state comparison set.
Detailed Crime Class Breakdown
Additional tracked offense classes
- Homicide
- Rape
- Kidnapping/Abduction
- Human Trafficking
- Arson
- Theft From Building
- Theft From Motor Vehicle
- Simple Assault
- Intimidation
- Stolen Property Offenses
- Vandalism
- Weapon Law Violations
- Drug/Narcotic Violations
Frequently Asked Questions
Is San Jose safe compared to other places in California?
San Jose is classified as having low relative safety in the 2026 Safety Atlas Index. It has an adjusted safety score of 25.13 out of 100 and ranks #4 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in California.
What is the crime rate in San Jose?
Public offense rates are listed above.
What is San Jose's safety rating?
San Jose's safety rating in the 2026 Safety Atlas Index is 25.13 out of 100, which ranks #4 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in California. Its overall crime trajectory is currently classified as stable, using source-year data through 2025.
What is the safest neighborhood in San Jose?
This profile covers the reporting jurisdiction; consult local sources for neighborhood detail.
Why are some crime statistics locked for San Jose?
Full offense series: state workbook.
How fresh is the monthly crime data on this page?
Monthly figures track FBI CDE source year 2025, the same vintage as the annual table above. A new FBI release typically lags several months; the caption stamps the source year and export date. Values can revise when the FBI re-publishes. Full monthly series for San Jose are downloadable as JSON and CSV.
Why does the monthly chart move so much?
Monthly counts are small numbers, a difference of a few reports swings the bar. Reporting practice, staffing, and seasonal patterns all move single months. Read the 12-month direction in the trajectory line, not one bar. This profile measures the reporting jurisdiction only; it cannot rank neighborhoods within San Jose.
What does the clearance rate on this page mean?
It divides 2025 reports cleared by 2025 reports received for that offense, including clearances of earlier reports, so it is a workload snapshot, not a guarantee a given case is solved. In San Jose, violent offenses clear at far higher rates than property offenses (homicide 75%, motor vehicle theft 6.2%). Monthly clearance detail is not published yet.
Reading notes
Safety Atlas methodology · 2026 coverage report
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Primary Source Data Integrity
- Crime Counts: FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) database.
- Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimate boundaries.
- Methodology: Adjusted per-capita normalization with small-sample relief controls. View our complete Methodology Documentation.