Most Dangerous Cities in California 2024

The Top Safest cities in California are below, ranked as per the lowest violent crimes per 1,000 people:

Dangerous California Cities by Rank

Rank	City	Population (2022)	Total Violent Crime (2023)	Total Property Crimes (2023)	Violent Crime per 1000 persons (2023)
1	Stockton	323,501	2,804	7,534	8.67
2	Bakersfield	411,873	2,785	10,072	6.76
3	Vallejo	123,940	725	3,828	5.85
4	Inglewood	102,879	586	2,784	5.70
5	Fresno	546,871	3,106	12,039	5.68
6	Pomona	145,600	738	3,161	5.07
7	Anaheim	344,795	1,670	6,331	4.84
8	Modesto	219,083	994	3,375	4.54
9	Hayward	156,458	692	4,062	4.42
10	Santa Maria	109,518	473	1,979	4.32
11	Fairfield	119,583	501	1,976	4.19
12	Pasadena	133,312	522	2,521	3.92
13	Riverside	319,889	1,241	7,772	3.88
14	Concord	122,982	472	2,668	3.84
15	Antioch	114,338	416	2,372	3.64
16	Salinas	162,187	562	1,370	3.47
17	Visalia	144,137	466	2,380	3.23
18	El Cajon	104,693	336	1,147	3.21
19	Oceanside	171,844	543	2,231	3.16
20	San Diego	1,377,838	4,273	18,687	3.10
21	Escondido	150,072	449	1,767	2.99
22	El Monte	104,695	306	1,474	2.92
23	Burbank	103,516	283	2,369	2.73
24	Oxnard	201,517	549	1,583	2.72
25	Vacaville	103,486	281	1,599	2.72
26	Chula Vista	277,976	721	2,721	2.59
27	Santa Rosa	175,999	442	1,987	2.51
28	West Covina	104,739	262	1,700	2.50
29	Fontana	212,730	444	2,154	2.09
30	Menifee	109,673	227	875	2.07
31	Torrance	140,499	289	2,706	2.06
32	Roseville	155,448	302	1,648	1.94
33	Clovis	125,348	235	1,608	1.87
34	Corona	161,946	293	2,545	1.81
35	Murrieta	114,655	207	1,041	1.81
36	Sunnyvale	148,739	266	2,210	1.79
37	Fremont	223,430	356	4,752	1.59
38	Glendale	188,599	297	3,033	1.57
39	Santa Clara	126,877	197	2,727	1.55
40	Elk Grove	180,372	269	1,513	1.49
41	Carlsbad	115,531	171	1,382	1.48
42	Simi Valley	125,585	117	894	0.93
43	Irvine	311,696	218	3,727	0.70

The below dangerous cities list is in the California State by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2022(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault). The latest dangerous list of California State by 2023, The top 10 most dangerous cities in the California State are Stockton, Anaheim, Modesto, Santa Maria, Fresno, Visalia, Oceanside, El Cajon, San Diego and Vista. The 2028 Summer Olympics also known as Los Angeles 2028 is a forthcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, California. Below is the most dangerous cities in California in 2022:

Rank	City	Population 2022	Violent Crime Cases	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Property Crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Arson	Violent Crime per 1000 persons	Property Cases per 1000
1	Stockton	326,248	2,889	44	134	722	1,989	6,801	1,502	4,197	1,102	162	8.86	20.85
2	Anaheim	350,998	2,082	11	86	284	1,701	6,701	1,280	4,130	1,291	28	5.93	19.09
3	Modesto	221,907	1,276	9	72	221	974	3,747	416	2,815	516	54	5.75	16.89
4	Santa Maria	109,850	526	6	51	153	316	2,167	301	1,008	858	19	4.79	19.73
5	Fresno	550,324	2,499	23	111	545	1,820	13,479	3,035	8,039	2,405	86	4.54	24.49
6	Visalia	144,097	547	6	52	96	393	2,404	274	1,700	430	101	3.80	16.68
7	El Cajon	105,197	367	0	25	82	260	1,251	224	777	250	18	3.49	11.89
8	Oceanside	176,829	606	4	39	143	420	2,643	378	1,896	369	38	3.43	14.95
9	San Diego	1,402,509	4,513	40	324	974	3,175	18,252	2,528	10,872	4,852	127	3.22	13.01
10	Vista	98,864	294	0	15	68	211	1,155	245	663	247	9	2.97	11.68
11	El Monte	105,500	313	4	25	113	171	1,407	333	709	365	14	2.97	13.34
12	West Covina	107,240	313	0	21	88	204	1,775	265	1,231	279	9	2.92	16.55
13	Escondido	152,719	399	1	26	113	259	2,039	312	1,265	462	14	2.61	13.35
14	Santa Clara	126,882	331	0	23	63	245	3,216	447	2,399	370	17	2.61	25.35
15	Chula Vista	284,036	713	5	23	218	467	2,590	396	1,512	682	27	2.51	9.12
16	Burbank	105,163	253	1	14	65	173	2,106	210	1,649	247	33	2.41	20.03
17	Fontana	212,391	476	3	56	145	272	2,057	339	1,262	456	13	2.24	9.68
18	Murrieta	113,962	229	0	16	30	183	1,030	172	687	171	7	2.01	9.04
19	Torrance	148,128	284	2	26	98	158	2,685	344	1,806	535	9	1.92	18.13
20	Sunnyvale	159,756	249	0	33	61	155	2,710	434	1,975	301	26	1.56	16.96
21	Carlsbad	115,989	177	0	23	37	117	1,460	222	1,096	142	9	1.53	12.59
22	Elk Grove	181,339	232	1	14	46	171	1,648	177	1,341	130	2	1.28	9.09

California Cities	Population	Violent crime	Property crime	Burglary	Violent Crime	Property Crime	Burglary Crime	All Crime Rank	Total Crimes	Violent Crime	Property	Burglary	Crime Rate
	2019	Totals	Totals	Totals	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Per 1000	Per 1000	Per 1000	Per 1000	Per day
Oakland	434,036	5,520	27,868	2,599	3	1	24	1	82.91	12.72	64.21	5.99	98.59
Vallejo	122,657	1,037	4,941	2,888	10	16	1	2	72.28	8.45	40.28	23.55	24.29
San Francisco	886,007	5,933	48,780	4,644	23	2	43	3	66.99	6.7	55.06	5.24	162.62
West Hollywood	37,173	294	1,898	215	14	3	27	4	64.75	7.91	51.06	5.78	6.59
San Bernardino	216,715	2,858	9,081	2,029	2	13	7	5	64.45	13.19	41.9	9.36	38.27
Eureka	26,973	195	1,350	187	20	6	14	6	64.21	7.23	50.05	6.93	4.75
Barstow	24,121	274	986	285	5	15	2	7	64.05	11.36	40.88	11.82	4.23
El Cerrito	25,857	152	1,300	166	42	5	16	8	62.57	5.88	50.28	6.42	4.43
Berkeley	122,788	618	6,256	771	55	4	20	9	62.26	5.03	50.95	6.28	20.95
Stockton	313,604	4,380	12,367	2,209	1	18	13	10	60.45	13.97	39.44	7.04	51.93
Santa Monica	91,621	664	3,964	577	19	10	18	11	56.81	7.25	43.27	6.3	14.26
Santa Cruz	65,263	389	2,932	348	39	8	37	12	56.22	5.96	44.93	5.33	10.05
Palm Springs	48,846	267	1,966	502	49	17	5	13	55.99	5.47	40.25	10.28	7.49
Bakersfield	388,080	1,766	16,074	3,888	70	14	6	14	55.99	4.55	41.42	10.02	59.53
San Leandro	90,297	454	4,105	375	56	7	79	15	54.64	5.03	45.46	4.15	13.52
Beverly Hills	34,211	103	1,499	257	139	9	12	16	54.34	3.01	43.82	7.51	5.09
Montclair	39,787	234	1,469	355	41	21	8	17	51.73	5.88	36.92	8.92	5.64
Richmond	110,988	1,034	4,188	469	6	20	75	18	51.28	9.32	37.73	4.23	15.59
Culver City	39,252	182	1,647	172	67	12	72	19	50.98	4.64	41.96	4.38	5.48
Pleasant Hill	35,125	88	1,484	112	169	11	147	20	47.94	2.51	42.25	3.19	4.61
Modesto	216,542	1,758	7,183	1,149	11	31	39	21	46.6	8.12	33.17	5.31	27.64
Atwater	29,632	206	1,031	140	21	26	62	22	46.47	6.95	34.79	4.72	3.77
Burlingame	30,677	74	1,185	162	177	19	41	23	46.32	2.41	38.63	5.28	3.89
San Luis Obispo	47,735	192	1,738	277	87	22	26	24	46.23	4.02	36.41	5.8	6.05
Hemet	86,082	343	2,877	757	91	30	9	25	46.2	3.98	33.42	8.79	10.9
Sacramento	513,934	3,223	16,354	2,993	30	39	25	26	43.92	6.27	31.82	5.82	61.84
Palm Desert	53,776	136	1,848	338	166	28	19	27	43.18	2.53	34.36	6.29	6.36
Central Marin	34,793	32	1,094	360	271	41	3	28	42.71	0.92	31.44	10.35	4.07
Turlock	74,120	426	2,323	402	45	43	35	29	42.51	5.75	31.34	5.42	8.63
Desert Hot Springs	29,107	255	680	301	8	97	4	30	42.46	8.76	23.36	10.34	3.39
Concord	130,615	541	4,560	434	84	25	137	31	42.38	4.14	34.91	3.32	15.16
San Jacinto	49,452	108	1,637	334	184	32	15	32	42.04	2.18	33.1	6.75	5.7
Monterey	28,337	78	975	127	153	27	70	33	41.64	2.75	34.41	4.48	3.23
San Pablo	31,336	194	1,009	101	31	37	144	34	41.61	6.19	32.2	3.22	3.57
Walnut Creek	70,546	120	2,496	307	219	24	73	35	41.43	1.7	35.38	4.35	8.01
Albany	20,083	40	685	105	200	29	44	36	41.33	1.99	34.11	5.23	2.27
Cerritos	50,642	127	1,634	314	168	36	22	37	40.97	2.51	32.27	6.2	5.68
Santa Clara	131,173	214	4,748	363	226	23	186	38	40.6	1.63	36.2	2.77	14.59
Rialto	103,965	595	3,149	403	46	44	90	39	39.89	5.72	30.29	3.88	11.36
Costa Mesa	114,047	312	3,739	450	154	34	85	40	39.47	2.74	32.78	3.95	12.33
South Gate	94,445	622	2,754	351	24	50	102	41	39.46	6.59	29.16	3.72	10.21
Compton	96,638	1,104	2,346	334	4	84	124	42	39.16	11.42	24.28	3.46	10.37
Merced	83,854	540	2,342	396	27	59	63	43	39.09	6.44	27.93	4.72	8.98
Pomona	152,776	940	4,208	816	32	61	36	44	39.04	6.15	27.54	5.34	16.34
Huntington Park	58,181	458	1,595	214	15	62	106	45	38.96	7.87	27.41	3.68	6.21
Visalia	134,961	586	3,900	747	77	52	34	46	38.77	4.34	28.9	5.53	14.34
Campbell	42,697	89	1,357	209	193	40	56	47	38.76	2.08	31.78	4.9	4.53
Fairfield	118,383	442	3,782	359	101	38	163	48	38.71	3.73	31.95	3.03	12.56
Antioch	112,641	648	3,199	511	44	58	68	49	38.69	5.75	28.4	4.54	11.94
Riverside	333,260	1,686	9,790	1,302	53	48	89	50	38.34	5.06	29.38	3.91	35.01
Brea	44,155	72	1,450	169	227	33	95	51	38.3	1.63	32.84	3.83	4.63
West Sacramento	54,372	212	1,603	236	94	47	74	52	37.72	3.9	29.48	4.34	5.62
San Rafael	58,819	230	1,686	299	92	55	50	53	37.66	3.91	28.66	5.08	6.07
Alameda	78,907	162	2,579	218	195	35	187	54	37.5	2.05	32.68	2.76	8.11
Redlands	71,941	257	2,108	330	110	49	66	55	37.46	3.57	29.3	4.59	7.38
Colton	55,059	215	1,517	317	93	60	28	56	37.21	3.9	27.55	5.76	5.61
Westminster	91,086	259	2,611	511	148	54	32	57	37.12	2.84	28.67	5.61	9.26
Lompoc	42,818	291	1,057	238	22	78	33	58	37.04	6.8	24.69	5.56	4.35
Davis	69,767	107	2,190	274	236	42	88	59	36.85	1.53	31.39	3.93	7.04
Hayward	161,588	552	4,886	448	122	45	183	60	36.43	3.42	30.24	2.77	16.13
Selma	24,983	85	605	204	123	85	10	61	35.78	3.4	24.22	8.17	2.45
Glendora	52,211	155	1,501	187	141	53	113	62	35.3	2.97	28.75	3.58	5.05
South El Monte	20,852	102	500	132	59	89	17	63	35.2	4.89	23.98	6.33	2.01
El Centro	44,303	143	1,184	228	130	64	46	64	35.1	3.23	26.73	5.15	4.26
Mountain View	84,599	165	2,463	321	202	51	97	65	34.86	1.95	29.11	3.79	8.08
Moreno Valley	210,979	847	5,534	966	89	69	67	66	34.82	4.01	26.23	4.58	20.13
Los Angeles	4,015,546	29,400	95,704	13,809	16	91	127	67	34.59	7.32	23.83	3.44	380.58
Lancaster	159,335	1,359	3,346	792	9	138	55	68	34.5	8.53	21	4.97	15.06
Lake Elsinore	70,262	173	2,005	233	173	57	139	69	34.31	2.46	28.54	3.32	6.61
Arvin	21,811	196	437	115	7	155	42	70	34.29	8.99	20.04	5.27	2.05
Yuba City	67,164	241	1,823	230	109	63	129	71	34.16	3.59	27.14	3.42	6.28
Newark	48,945	85	1,399	187	217	56	96	72	34.14	1.74	28.58	3.82	4.58
Shafter	20,456	53	513	127	163	75	21	73	33.88	2.59	25.08	6.21	1.9
Long Beach	467,974	2,369	11,297	2,185	52	88	64	74	33.87	5.06	24.14	4.67	43.43
Ventura	111,596	458	2,969	353	86	66	151	75	33.87	4.1	26.6	3.16	10.36
Chico	95,826	557	2,406	272	43	74	179	76	33.76	5.81	25.11	2.84	8.86
Montebello	62,650	178	1,448	480	149	99	11	77	33.62	2.84	23.11	7.66	5.77
Palo Alto	66,938	86	1,983	179	248	46	197	78	33.58	1.28	29.62	2.67	6.16
Covina	47,985	171	1,189	239	111	77	54	79	33.32	3.56	24.78	4.98	4.38
Lodi	67,612	237	1,658	358	116	81	40	80	33.32	3.51	24.52	5.29	6.17
Citrus Heights	88,496	313	2,248	372	112	71	77	81	33.14	3.54	25.4	4.2	8.04
Paramount	54,422	347	1,246	187	29	103	128	82	32.71	6.38	22.9	3.44	4.88
Ceres	49,134	209	1,158	239	80	93	58	83	32.69	4.25	23.57	4.86	4.4
San Jose	1,040,008	4,559	25,164	4,114	74	86	84	84	32.54	4.38	24.2	3.96	92.7
Perris	80,500	262	2,071	268	128	70	135	85	32.31	3.25	25.73	3.33	7.13
Salinas	156,943	782	3,532	742	58	114	61	86	32.22	4.98	22.51	4.73	13.85
San Bruno	43,297	138	1,139	116	133	68	195	87	32.17	3.19	26.31	2.68	3.82
Norco	26,557	49	669	136	208	73	47	88	32.16	1.85	25.19	5.12	2.34
Upland	77,398	298	1,821	368	96	94	60	89	32.13	3.85	23.53	4.75	6.81
Pittsburg	73,637	446	1,660	256	36	111	123	90	32.08	6.06	22.54	3.48	6.47
Gilroy	60,106	251	1,479	186	83	79	157	91	31.88	4.18	24.61	3.09	5.25
Woodland	61,176	224	1,488	231	106	83	100	92	31.76	3.66	24.32	3.78	5.32
Brawley	26,379	121	618	95	68	95	110	93	31.62	4.59	23.43	3.6	2.28
Chino	93,348	329	2,224	376	113	92	82	94	31.38	3.52	23.82	4.03	8.02
Victorville	123,089	988	2,271	590	12	177	59	95	31.27	8.03	18.45	4.79	10.55
Tustin	80,356	141	2,118	241	215	67	165	96	31.11	1.75	26.36	3	6.85
Loma Linda	24,512	77	559	125	135	107	49	97	31.05	3.14	22.81	5.1	2.08
Los Banos	40,607	143	886	231	114	128	30	98	31.03	3.52	21.82	5.69	3.45
Ontario	183,322	659	4,290	710	108	96	91	99	30.87	3.59	23.4	3.87	15.5
Buena Park	82,627	246	2,061	230	140	76	182	100	30.7	2.98	24.94	2.78	6.95
Calexico	40,327	94	894	244	180	122	23	101	30.55	2.33	22.17	6.05	3.38
Dinuba	24,685	161	530	58	25	133	226	102	30.34	6.52	21.47	2.35	2.05
Milpitas	82,344	102	2,193	201	253	65	220	103	30.31	1.24	26.63	2.44	6.84
Santa Barbara	91,717	400	2,118	254	75	100	184	104	30.22	4.36	23.09	2.77	7.59
Carson	91,947	444	2,004	328	62	129	116	105	30.19	4.83	21.8	3.57	7.61
Inglewood	109,386	671	2,321	308	34	134	181	106	30.17	6.13	21.22	2.82	9.04
San Dimas	34,059	78	833	113	182	82	138	107	30.07	2.29	24.46	3.32	2.81
Tulare	65,134	261	1,469	225	90	110	125	108	30.02	4.01	22.55	3.45	5.36
Manhattan Beach	35,583	55	851	160	234	90	69	109	29.96	1.55	23.92	4.5	2.92
Burbank	103,738	189	2,617	299	210	72	175	110	29.93	1.82	25.23	2.88	8.51
La Quinta	42,044	68	1,032	158	230	80	101	111	29.92	1.62	24.55	3.76	3.45
Anaheim	353,915	1,120	8,258	1,123	134	98	149	112	29.67	3.16	23.33	3.17	28.77
Lakewood	80,151	222	1,846	303	152	101	99	113	29.58	2.77	23.03	3.78	6.5
Gardena	59,833	324	1,202	236	50	153	86	114	29.45	5.42	20.09	3.94	4.83
Arcadia	58,899	84	1,348	301	240	104	48	115	29.42	1.43	22.89	5.11	4.75
Indio	92,803	530	1,880	304	47	150	142	116	29.24	5.71	20.26	3.28	7.44
Jurupa Valley	110,111	317	2,494	406	145	108	104	117	29.22	2.88	22.65	3.69	8.81
Lynwood	70,619	454	1,419	189	28	152	196	118	29.2	6.43	20.09	2.68	5.65
Garden Grove	172,832	505	3,909	627	143	109	108	119	29.17	2.92	22.62	3.63	13.81
Union City	75,202	277	1,718	192	105	105	210	120	29.08	3.68	22.85	2.55	5.99
Vacaville	101,147	331	2,442	162	126	87	280	121	29.02	3.27	24.14	1.6	8.04
Monterey Park	60,424	126	1,355	267	192	115	71	122	28.93	2.09	22.42	4.42	4.79
Lemon Grove	27,175	167	552	67	33	147	215	123	28.92	6.15	20.31	2.47	2.15
South Lake Tahoe	22,116	111	449	79	57	149	115	124	28.89	5.02	20.3	3.57	1.75
Delano	53,002	205	1,118	203	95	136	94	125	28.79	3.87	21.09	3.83	4.18
El Cajon	103,686	552	2,046	371	51	160	114	126	28.63	5.32	19.73	3.58	8.13
Pasadena	141,913	613	2,866	570	79	151	83	127	28.53	4.32	20.2	4.02	11.09
Hanford	57,232	257	1,242	131	72	131	231	128	28.48	4.49	21.7	2.29	4.47
Suisun City	29,922	114	664	69	98	121	229	129	28.31	3.81	22.19	2.31	2.32
San Mateo	106,020	266	2,217	516	167	139	57	130	28.29	2.51	20.91	4.87	8.22
Porterville	60,209	192	1,297	213	132	132	119	131	28.27	3.19	21.54	3.54	4.66
Madera	66,250	334	1,301	235	54	162	118	132	28.23	5.04	19.64	3.55	5.12
Whittier	86,158	213	1,901	318	172	125	103	133	28.23	2.47	22.06	3.69	6.66
Downey	112,330	352	2,473	344	136	126	160	134	28.21	3.13	22.02	3.06	8.68
Oakdale	23,808	40	531	99	220	116	78	135	28.14	1.68	22.3	4.16	1.84
West Covina	106,335	260	2,369	354	174	117	136	136	28.05	2.45	22.28	3.33	8.17
Bellflower	77,196	327	1,506	326	81	163	76	137	27.97	4.24	19.51	4.22	5.92
Claremont	36,681	51	774	191	242	135	45	138	27.7	1.39	21.1	5.21	2.78
American Canyon	20,452	53	454	59	162	119	174	139	27.67	2.59	22.2	2.88	1.55
South San Francisco	68,251	166	1,484	230	175	130	134	140	27.55	2.43	21.74	3.37	5.15
Oceanside	177,129	712	3,736	426	88	137	222	141	27.52	4.02	21.09	2.41	13.35
Fullerton	140,194	373	3,157	318	156	112	235	142	27.45	2.66	22.52	2.27	10.54
Manteca	83,523	199	1,848	239	178	123	176	143	27.37	2.38	22.13	2.86	6.26
Santa Ana	333,664	1,453	6,808	854	76	144	208	144	27.32	4.35	20.4	2.56	24.97
Banning	31,450	136	532	179	78	192	29	145	26.93	4.32	16.92	5.69	2.32
South Pasadena	25,612	29	566	94	259	124	107	146	26.9	1.13	22.1	3.67	1.89
Roseville	141,744	259	3,154	389	209	118	189	147	26.82	1.83	22.25	2.74	10.42
Hesperia	95,915	462	1,664	443	64	186	65	148	26.78	4.82	17.35	4.62	7.04
Menlo Park	34,871	50	774	110	239	120	152	149	26.78	1.43	22.2	3.15	2.56
Watsonville	54,261	328	971	148	38	183	191	150	26.67	6.04	17.9	2.73	3.96
Oxnard	211,349	724	4,242	670	120	154	150	151	26.67	3.43	20.07	3.17	15.44
Temecula	116,630	166	2,626	318	241	113	192	152	26.67	1.42	22.52	2.73	8.52
Hawthorne	87,305	636	1,485	199	18	190	232	153	26.57	7.28	17.01	2.28	6.36
Monrovia	36,730	43	845	87	256	102	225	154	26.55	1.17	23.01	2.37	2.67
Redondo Beach	67,473	160	1,370	260	179	148	92	155	26.53	2.37	20.3	3.85	4.9
Sunnyvale	154,859	259	3,380	458	221	127	169	156	26.46	1.67	21.83	2.96	11.22
Placentia	51,756	192	889	275	103	189	38	157	26.2	3.71	17.18	5.31	3.72
Seal Beach	24,120	19	551	62	276	106	207	158	26.2	0.79	22.84	2.57	1.73
Rohnert Park	44,131	267	786	93	37	184	244	159	25.97	6.05	17.81	2.11	3.14
National City	61,791	364	1,123	114	40	179	257	160	25.91	5.89	18.17	1.84	4.39
Corona	170,875	291	3,482	646	218	146	98	161	25.86	1.7	20.38	3.78	12.11
Highland	55,686	362	906	167	26	200	166	162	25.77	6.5	16.27	3	3.93
Alhambra	84,837	161	1,749	259	206	142	161	163	25.57	1.9	20.62	3.05	5.94
Newport Beach	85,325	135	1,764	273	232	141	146	164	25.46	1.58	20.67	3.2	5.95
Rancho Cucamonga	179,247	500	3,456	590	151	166	140	165	25.36	2.79	19.28	3.29	12.45
Azusa	50,405	144	959	174	147	170	126	166	25.33	2.86	19.03	3.45	3.5
Adelanto	34,491	276	459	136	13	244	87	167	25.25	8	13.31	3.94	2.39
San Gabriel	40,422	98	715	202	176	185	53	168	25.11	2.42	17.69	5	2.78
Brentwood	65,483	166	1,335	142	165	145	241	169	25.09	2.54	20.39	2.17	4.5
Huntington Beach	201,843	386	4,144	535	205	143	200	170	25.09	1.91	20.53	2.65	13.88
La Verne	32,344	51	627	133	233	165	80	171	25.07	1.58	19.39	4.11	2.22
East Palo Alto	29,686	144	533	67	61	182	236	172	25.06	4.85	17.95	2.26	2.04
San Diego	1,441,737	5,215	27,141	3,543	107	171	217	173	24.9	3.62	18.83	2.46	98.35
Coachella	46,485	126	894	135	155	167	172	174	24.85	2.71	19.23	2.9	3.16
Patterson	22,584	46	434	81	198	168	112	175	24.84	2.04	19.22	3.59	1.54
Rancho Cordova	75,869	225	1,422	233	142	173	159	176	24.78	2.97	18.74	3.07	5.15
Clovis	114,170	243	2,276	307	188	157	193	177	24.75	2.13	19.94	2.69	7.74
Fountain Valley	55,858	53	1,163	163	270	140	171	178	24.69	0.95	20.82	2.92	3.78
Yucca Valley	21,858	160	292	84	17	242	93	179	24.52	7.32	13.36	3.84	1.47
Menifee	94,595	145	1,892	269	237	156	178	180	24.38	1.53	20	2.84	6.32
Torrance	145,183	280	2,853	399	204	161	188	181	24.33	1.93	19.65	2.75	9.68
Rosemead	54,489	175	942	196	131	188	111	182	24.1	3.21	17.29	3.6	3.6
Paso Robles	32,528	53	646	78	228	158	223	183	23.89	1.63	19.86	2.4	2.13
Santa Rosa	177,884	857	2,874	486	63	201	190	184	23.71	4.82	16.16	2.73	11.55
Pico Rivera	62,880	234	1,052	198	102	196	153	185	23.6	3.72	16.73	3.15	4.07
Port Hueneme	22,232	43	415	63	203	175	180	186	23.43	1.93	18.67	2.83	1.43
Beaumont	50,990	92	922	178	211	180	120	187	23.38	1.8	18.08	3.49	3.27
Tracy	92,895	166	1,843	156	212	159	273	188	23.31	1.79	19.84	1.68	5.93
La Habra	62,416	140	1,122	188	183	181	164	189	23.23	2.24	17.98	3.01	3.97
Folsom	79,927	82	1,484	278	265	176	122	190	23.07	1.03	18.57	3.48	5.05
Dixon	20,775	54	389	35	161	174	272	191	23.01	2.6	18.72	1.68	1.31
Carlsbad	117,220	240	2,135	297	196	178	212	192	22.79	2.05	18.21	2.53	7.32
Ridgecrest	29,101	142	401	119	60	236	81	193	22.75	4.88	13.78	4.09	1.81
Fremont	240,887	400	4,523	547	223	172	234	194	22.71	1.66	18.78	2.27	14.99
Apple-Valley-town	74,051	339	1,105	230	69	217	156	195	22.61	4.58	14.92	3.11	4.59
Pleasanton	84,017	112	1,632	149	245	164	266	196	22.53	1.33	19.42	1.77	5.19
Dublin	66,072	107	1,259	114	229	169	270	197	22.4	1.62	19.06	1.73	4.05
Diamond Bar	56,364	72	908	282	249	203	52	198	22.39	1.28	16.11	5	3.46
La Canada Flintridge	20,223	15	323	114	279	204	31	199	22.35	0.74	15.97	5.64	1.24
Norwalk	105,067	432	1,571	343	85	215	143	200	22.33	4.11	14.95	3.26	6.43
Galt	26,796	77	449	71	146	195	201	201	22.28	2.87	16.76	2.65	1.64
Napa	79,526	280	1,232	248	115	208	155	202	22.13	3.52	15.49	3.12	4.82
La Mesa	59,865	174	1,000	138	144	197	230	203	21.92	2.91	16.7	2.31	3.59
Escondido	153,215	536	2,373	379	117	209	214	204	21.46	3.5	15.49	2.47	9.01
Goleta	30,930	40	509	114	246	198	105	205	21.44	1.29	16.46	3.69	1.82
Atascadero	30,579	65	493	96	189	202	154	206	21.39	2.13	16.12	3.14	1.79
Corcoran	21,353	118	272	65	48	252	162	207	21.31	5.53	12.74	3.04	1.25
Lemoore	26,728	126	372	71	65	233	199	208	21.29	4.71	13.92	2.66	1.56
Palmdale	157,138	658	2,230	447	82	228	177	209	21.22	4.19	14.19	2.84	9.14
Daly	107,748	232	1,868	170	186	187	281	210	21.07	2.15	17.34	1.58	6.22
Wildomar	37,939	61	637	101	231	194	198	211	21.06	1.61	16.79	2.66	2.19
El Monte	115,830	304	1,787	347	158	210	167	212	21.05	2.62	15.43	3	6.68
Cupertino	60,357	55	1,018	175	272	193	173	213	20.68	0.91	16.87	2.9	3.42
Livermore	91,418	193	1,554	139	191	191	284	214	20.63	2.11	17	1.52	5.17
Bell	35,759	168	441	127	66	256	117	215	20.58	4.7	12.33	3.55	2.02
Marina	22,911	43	361	67	207	206	170	216	20.56	1.88	15.76	2.92	1.29
Sanger	25,443	156	304	59	35	260	228	217	20.4	6.13	11.95	2.32	1.42
Novato	56,134	148	890	102	157	205	262	218	20.31	2.64	15.85	1.82	3.12
Bell Gardens	42,366	147	630	78	118	218	258	219	20.18	3.47	14.87	1.84	2.34
Fontana	215,883	739	3,094	483	121	226	237	220	19.99	3.42	14.33	2.24	11.82
Vista	102,227	354	1,438	251	119	232	218	221	19.98	3.46	14.07	2.46	5.6
Santa Paula	30,098	91	404	103	138	241	130	222	19.87	3.02	13.42	3.42	1.64
Glendale	202,601	231	3,305	480	258	199	224	223	19.82	1.14	16.31	2.37	11
Baldwin Park	75,862	188	1,110	196	171	221	205	224	19.69	2.48	14.63	2.58	4.09
Orange	139,830	180	2,184	387	247	207	185	225	19.67	1.29	15.62	2.77	7.54
Martinez	38,692	83	570	99	187	220	209	226	19.44	2.15	14.73	2.56	2.06
Redwood	87,427	189	1,343	165	185	211	253	227	19.41	2.16	15.36	1.89	4.65
Agoura Hills	20,490	21	306	66	266	216	145	228	19.18	1.02	14.93	3.22	1.08
La Mirada	48,702	86	701	145	214	222	168	229	19.14	1.77	14.39	2.98	2.55
Walnut	30,108	38	386	152	251	251	51	230	19.13	1.26	12.82	5.05	1.58
Duarte	21,550	55	305	48	164	230	238	231	18.93	2.55	14.15	2.23	1.12
Chula Vista	275,230	904	3,816	486	125	234	268	232	18.92	3.28	13.86	1.77	14.26
Lawndale	32,751	125	411	83	97	254	211	233	18.9	3.82	12.55	2.53	1.7
Yucaipa	53,964	200	641	172	104	261	148	234	18.77	3.71	11.88	3.19	2.78
Calabasas	24,016	35	331	81	238	235	132	235	18.61	1.46	13.78	3.37	1.22
Elk Grove	175,492	372	2,599	292	190	219	274	236	18.59	2.12	14.81	1.66	8.94
Morgan Hill	46,118	52	703	102	260	213	239	237	18.58	1.13	15.24	2.21	2.35
Stanton	38,276	95	526	83	170	237	242	238	18.39	2.48	13.74	2.17	1.93
Lomita	20,553	67	254	53	127	255	206	239	18.2	3.26	12.36	2.58	1.02
Twentynine Palms	26,588	117	265	96	73	271	109	240	17.98	4.4	9.97	3.61	1.31
San Clemente	65,018	87	918	160	244	231	216	241	17.92	1.34	14.12	2.46	3.19
Riverbank	25,045	24	375	49	269	214	250	242	17.89	0.96	14.97	1.96	1.23
Belmont	27,272	45	392	50	225	224	259	243	17.86	1.65	14.37	1.83	1.33
Pacifica	38,938	79	533	81	199	239	245	244	17.8	2.03	13.69	2.08	1.9
Eastvale	66,310	83	944	151	252	227	233	245	17.77	1.25	14.24	2.28	3.23
Rocklin	68,554	67	983	168	268	225	219	246	17.77	0.98	14.34	2.45	3.34
Laguna Beach	23,020	38	326	43	224	229	255	247	17.68	1.65	14.16	1.87	1.12
San-Ramon	76,387	58	1,099	179	278	223	227	248	17.49	0.76	14.39	2.34	3.66
Petaluma	62,425	190	789	109	137	253	269	249	17.43	3.04	12.64	1.75	2.98
Coronado	21,115	9	324	34	296	212	278	250	17.38	0.43	15.34	1.61	1.01
La Puente	39,916	151	449	75	99	265	254	251	16.91	3.78	11.25	1.88	1.85
Cathedral City	55,346	144	602	182	160	267	141	252	16.77	2.6	10.88	3.29	2.54
Imperial Beach	27,583	72	331	57	159	259	246	253	16.68	2.61	12	2.07	1.26
Laguna Hills	31,123	32	405	82	264	248	202	254	16.68	1.03	13.01	2.63	1.42
Santee	58,701	98	806	74	222	238	289	255	16.66	1.67	13.73	1.26	2.68
Seaside	34,036	78	439	44	181	250	287	256	16.48	2.29	12.9	1.29	1.54
Reedley	25,740	117	235	69	71	283	194	257	16.36	4.55	9.13	2.68	1.15
Maywood	27,286	90	296	60	124	268	240	258	16.35	3.3	10.85	2.2	1.22
Benicia	28,471	16	377	72	291	245	213	259	16.33	0.56	13.24	2.53	1.27
Los Gatos	30,793	14	419	57	295	240	256	260	15.91	0.45	13.61	1.85	1.34
Irvine	292,673	188	3,823	574	288	247	249	261	15.67	0.64	13.06	1.96	12.56
Hercules	25,789	31	341	31	254	246	291	262	15.63	1.2	13.22	1.2	1.1
Murrieta	116,413	77	1,512	206	285	249	267	263	15.42	0.66	12.99	1.77	4.92
San Fernando	24,621	80	243	52	129	272	243	264	15.23	3.25	9.87	2.11	1.03
Foster City	34,624	39	425	63	261	257	261	265	15.22	1.13	12.27	1.82	1.44
Cypress	49,085	52	596	98	263	258	248	266	15.2	1.06	12.14	2	2.04
Dana Point	33,779	52	399	61	235	262	264	267	15.16	1.54	11.81	1.81	1.4
Lafayette	26,872	4	358	42	297	243	283	268	15.03	0.15	13.32	1.56	1.11
Oakley	43,014	51	497	74	255	264	271	269	14.46	1.19	11.55	1.72	1.7
Cudahy	23,828	89	214	39	100	286	277	270	14.35	3.74	8.98	1.64	0.94
Temple City	36,192	64	331	122	213	282	133	271	14.28	1.77	9.15	3.37	1.42
Chino Hills	84,577	95	891	222	262	269	203	272	14.28	1.12	10.53	2.62	3.31
Los Altos	30,716	21	310	107	283	270	121	273	14.26	0.68	10.09	3.48	1.2
Camarillo	69,628	58	817	100	274	263	286	274	14	0.83	11.73	1.44	2.67
Thousand Oaks	127,811	88	1,392	244	282	266	251	275	13.49	0.69	10.89	1.91	4.72
San Marcos	98,598	193	955	163	201	275	275	276	13.3	1.96	9.69	1.65	3.59
Orinda	20,071	17	195	52	273	274	204	277	13.15	0.85	9.72	2.59	0.72
Encinitas	63,320	86	605	115	243	277	263	278	12.73	1.36	9.55	1.82	2.21
Poway	49,928	51	490	91	267	273	260	279	12.66	1.02	9.81	1.82	1.73
Santa Clarita	218,103	277	2,059	392	250	278	265	280	12.51	1.27	9.44	1.8	7.47
Windsor	27,981	58	257	30	194	281	293	281	12.33	2.07	9.18	1.07	0.95
Simi Valley	126,025	146	1,188	208	257	279	276	282	12.24	1.16	9.43	1.65	4.22
Hollister	40,399	114	311	61	150	291	285	283	12.03	2.82	7.7	1.51	1.33
Lincoln	48,625	32	468	78	286	276	279	284	11.89	0.66	9.62	1.6	1.58
Yorba Linda	68,225	42	627	140	290	280	247	285	11.86	0.62	9.19	2.05	2.22
San Juan Capistrano	36,209	63	297	69	216	288	252	286	11.85	1.74	8.2	1.91	1.18
Saratoga	30,666	16	240	104	292	290	131	287	11.74	0.52	7.83	3.39	0.99
Paradise	26,879	22	202	83	275	292	158	288	11.42	0.82	7.52	3.09	0.84
Laguna Niguel	66,671	43	607	105	287	284	282	289	11.32	0.65	9.1	1.57	2.07
Mission Viejo	95,453	65	866	121	284	285	288	290	11.02	0.68	9.07	1.27	2.88
Rancho Palos Verdes	41,961	29	313	102	281	293	221	291	10.58	0.69	7.46	2.43	1.22
Lake Forest	86,691	66	684	108	277	289	290	292	9.9	0.76	7.89	1.25	2.35
Aliso Viejo	52,247	27	433	57	293	287	292	293	9.9	0.52	8.29	1.09	1.42
Soledad	26,015	53	136	24	197	297	295	294	8.19	2.04	5.23	0.92	0.58
Danville	44,997	23	296	36	294	294	296	295	7.89	0.51	6.58	0.8	0.97
Moorpark	36,826	26	228	34	280	295	294	296	7.82	0.71	6.19	0.92	0.79
Rancho Santa Margarita	48,377	30	296	34	289	296	297	297	7.44	0.62	6.12	0.7	0.99

source: fbi crime data in 2019.
Total Crimes = Violent + Property + Burglary crimes, estimated per 1000 people.
Rank is compared to all cities greater than 20,000 population.

Crime in California Cities

Below are the top crime cities in California. In 2022, There are many cities where Crime in California has its peak from the last three decades.

Oakland crime rate: Oakland has a long history of violent crime, especially homicides, shootings, robberies, and burglaries. According to npr 2022 will continue with gun violence, In 2021 Oakland saw a massive almost 130 homicides compared to 109 murders in 2020.

Stockton: Stockton tops the list in Violent crimes and is the most dangerous city in California. Stockton Violent crimes increased from 4,380 in 2019 to 5,517 in 2020, Violent crime rate is 17.59 per 1,000 residents, property crime rate is 39.44 per 1,000 residents. Some of the most dangerous parts of Stockton are south-west side of town is dangerous, as is the central-west side, some of the dangerous areas to avoid are Sierra Vista, Bedlow, Ponce De Leon, Acapulco Aay, Conway, Jill Court and Polo Run.

Vallejo: The rate of crime in Vallejo has increased and second most dangerous city in California with crime rate 72.28 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Vallejo generally consider the north part of the city to be the bit safest.

San Francisco: San Francisco has more crime per population, It stands third place with overall crime of 66.99 per 1,000 residents, The violent crime rate is lower with 6.7 per 1,000 are concentrated in limited areas, where as property crime is higher, ranks second most property crime in California after Oakland, due to more number of homeless people and junkies on the streets. The most dangerous parts of San Francisco are Tenderloin district in downtown, Market Street, The Mission District, Western Addition, Bayview and Hunters Point.

San Bernardino: San Bernardino crimes rate is 64.75 per 1,000 residents during a year, Violent crime rate is 7.91 per 1000 residents and property crime is 51.06 per 1,000 residents and approximately 36 crimes per day. The dangerous parts of San Bernardino are Stadium west, Carousel, Feldheym, International, Drnag, Perris Hills, Lytle Creek, Seccombe lane, East Valley and Pacific.

Berkeley: Berkeley crime rate is 62.26 per 1,000 residents, on average of 20.95 crimes per day. 50.95 are property crimes per 1,000 residents. South Berkeley has been considered a dangerous area, North and West parts are safe.

Santa Monica: Santa Monica crime rate is 56.81 per one thousand residents, on average 14.26 crimes per day, property crimes are high with 43.27 per one thousand residents. South-west neighborhoods are high in crime and north parts are bit safer.

Bakersfield: Bakersfield is fourteenth crime city in California, crime rate is 55.99 per 1,000 residents, on average 59.53 incidents per day. 41.42 incidents on property crime for 1,000 people. The dangerous parts of Bakersfield are Lakeview, East Bakersfield, Rio Bravo, Amberton, Quailwood and South Gate.

San Leandro: San Leandro crime rate is 54.64 per one thousand people, on average 13.52 incidents per day, North, south, west parts of San Leandro are most dangerous.

Richmond: Richmond crime rate is 51.28 per one thousand residents, on average 15.59 crimes per day. Richmond is sixth most crime city in California, downtown is considered to be high crime areas.

Modesto: Modesto is eleventh violent crime city in California, with overall rank of twenty first. Modesto crime rate is 46.6 per one thousand residents, on average 27.64 crimes per day. West side of Modesto is dangerous, Other include Airport, West Side, Highway Village.

Hemet: Hemet is ranked twenty-fifth crime city in California, with 46.2 incidents per one thousand people.

Sacramento: Sacramento may not seem look like a dangerous place, but home to worst neighborhoods with high-tech crimes, ranked twenty-sixth crime city in California with violent crime rate of 43.92 per thousand residents, and average of 61.84 incidents take place daily. 31.82 per thousand people affected with property crime. The most dangerous areas are Central and South Oak Park, Meadow view, Del Paso Heights, Rio Linda, Rosemont, Florin, Parker Homes, Natomas Corporate Center, Point West areas, Del Paso Park, Midtown or Gardenland and Upper Land Park with some parts of gang activity.

Concord: Concord is less expensive city, located close to San Francisco. Concord is ranked thirty-first crime city in California, overall crime rate is 42.38 per thousand residents, violent crime is 4.14 per thousand, on average 15.16 incidents take place per day.

Riverside: Riverside is ranked fiftieth crime city in California, overall crime rate is 38.34 per thousand residents, violent crime is 5.06 per thousand with 53 as state rank, on average 35 crimes take place per day. Casa Blanca and East Side Riverside are the dangerous neighborhoods.

Moreno Valley: Moreno Valley is ranked sixty-sixth crime city in California, violent crime is 4.01 per thousand, overall crime rate is 34.82 per thousand residents, on average 20.13 incidents take place per day.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles is ranked sixty-seventh crime city in California, overall crime rate is 34.59 per thousand residents, violent crime is 7.32 per thousand, violent crimes ranking sixteenth in California, on average 380.58 incidents take place per day. Most dangerous place of Los Angeles are South Central and East LA regions, and Vermont corridor, Downtown, Chesterfield square, Pico Rivera.

Lancaster: Lancaster is ranked sixty-eighth crime city in California, overall crime rate is 34.5 per thousand residents, violent crime is 8.53 per thousand with violent crime rank of ninth in the state, on average 15.06 incidents take place per day.

Long Beach: Long Beach is ranked seventy-fourth crime city in California, overall crime rate is 33.87 per thousand residents, violent crime is 5.06 per thousand, on average 43.43 incidents take place per day. Most dangerous parts of Long Beach are downtown area, Belmont shores, Signal Hill.

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