Ranking of California Cities By Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, among California cities with a population of at least 10K, Commerce had the highest Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,742.23), followed by Oakland (1,623.3), San Pablo (1,385.54), Emeryville (1,210.61), and San Bernardino (1,195.11).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Motor Vehicle Theft crime rate in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of California cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Motor Vehicle Theft crime rate per 100K.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in California, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for California cities.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of California Cities By Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
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Ranking of California Cities By Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Commerce 2742.23
2 Oakland 1623.30
3 San Pablo 1385.54
4 Emeryville 1210.61
5 San Bernardino 1195.11
6 Huntington Park 1135.83
7 Oroville 1115.06
8 Richmond 1112.13
9 Lynwood 1058.35
10 Montclair 1046.44
11 San Leandro 1046.04
12 South Gate 1032.12
13 Hayward 1009.17
14 Jurupa Valley 991.95
15 Salinas 984.70
16 Santa Fe Springs 978.21
17 Colton 972.78
18 Signal Hill 967.71
19 Pittsburg 955.24
20 Watsonville 935.13
21 Vallejo 918.29
22 Barstow 903.99
23 Eureka 900.63
24 Delano 888.79
25 Kingsburg 873.58
26 Arvin 872.85
27 Montebello 853.50
28 Desert Hot Springs 843.45
29 Martinez 840.66
30 Anderson 837.15
31 Red Bluff 834.63
32 Marysville 825.10
33 Antioch 817.20
34 Bakersfield 804.67
35 Compton 799.10
36 Ceres 793.85
37 Concord 787.51
38 Shafter 773.86
39 Pomona 767.64
40 Bell Gardens 759.54
41 National City 747.36
42 Selma 742.67
43 San Jose 739.36
44 South El Monte 736.97
45 Hemet 734.34
46 Turlock 731.20
47 Modesto 729.52
48 Cathedral City 723.53
49 Perris 721.22
50 Merced 720.77
51 Pico Rivera 708.87
52 Palm Springs 707.59
53 Paramount 705.91
54 Inglewood 704.99
55 Rialto 701.68
56 Clearlake 685.79
57 Lindsay 672.43
58 Downey 667.81
59 Gilroy 655.83
60 Hawthorne 642.78
61 Santa Maria 626.18
62 Fresno 625.77
63 San Francisco 623.66
64 Bellflower 621.78
65 Ontario 619.33
66 Long Beach 600.03
67 Maywood 596.75
68 Stockton 594.46
69 Riverside 593.44
70 San Jacinto 591.89
71 Loma Linda 591.15
72 Santa Cruz 587.97
73 El Monte 586.26
74 Calexico 585.09
75 Gardena 584.17
76 Santa Ana 577.32
77 Tulare 575.50
78 Lake Elsinore 574.27
79 Sacramento 569.96
80 Redding 564.63
81 Hawaiian Gardens 559.57
82 Carson 557.62
83 Redlands 556.76
84 Alameda 556.55
85 Fontana 548.37
86 Highland 540.01
87 Moreno Valley 536.79
88 Parlier 530.73
89 Berkeley 529.96
90 Pleasant Hill 526.47
91 Banning 522.59
92 Newark 520.78
93 Grass Valley 516.93
94 Costa Mesa 508.72
95 Chico 499.33
96 Atwater 495.97
97 Coachella 491.17
98 Capitola 488.23
99 Patterson 488.12
100 Visalia 485.57
101 Norco 482.17
102 San Fernando 476.30
103 Lawndale 473.78
104 Manteca 473.39
105 Lodi 473.36
106 Fairfield 468.91
107 Porterville 467.91
108 Victorville 464.20
109 Los Angeles 463.86
110 Los Banos 463.72
111 Madera 463.30
112 Chowchilla 459.78
113 San Rafael 457.64
114 West Covina 457.09
115 Livingston 454.68
116 King City 453.55
117 Union City 451.65
118 Buena Park 447.67
119 Woodland 446.02
120 Upland 445.71
121 Whittier 443.89
122 Baldwin Park 439.28
123 Cerritos 438.61
124 Pinole 437.00
125 Artesia 434.04
126 Norwalk 433.68
127 Burlingame 431.93
128 Escondido 430.36
129 Corona 429.94
130 Arcata 429.86
131 Bell 429.20
132 Citrus Heights 428.19
133 Greenfield 426.69
134 El Segundo 426.58
135 Indio 424.88
136 El Cerrito 424.23
137 El Cajon 414.42
138 San Diego 413.11
139 Rosemead 411.76
140 Imperial Beach 409.18
141 La Puente 400.70
142 Monterey Park 398.64
143 Culver City 393.68
144 Anaheim 391.51
145 West Hollywood 390.77
146 Riverbank 389.33
147 Kerman 388.97
148 Hanford 384.11
149 Beaumont 382.33
150 Garden Grove 381.32
151 Newman 380.54
152 Lancaster 378.48
153 Oxnard 375.99
154 Menifee 375.92
155 Lakewood 374.75
156 Wildomar 371.80
157 McFarland 371.59
158 Stanton 371.17
159 La Mesa 370.79
160 Hesperia 370.65
161 Westminster 364.00
162 Azusa 363.15
163 Campbell 359.41
164 Grand Terrace 358.71
165 Rancho Mirage 356.30
166 Benicia 352.11
167 Dinuba 351.88
168 Sanger 350.91
169 Chino 350.25
170 Oakdale 349.99
171 Yuba City 349.71
172 Apple Valley 349.11
173 Tracy 348.35
174 Lemon Grove 340.98
175 Exeter 339.98
176 Palm Desert 338.87
177 Fremont 337.03
178 Milpitas 336.29
179 Walnut Creek 334.96
180 Corcoran 334.68
181 Covina 333.18
182 Duarte 330.02
183 Chula Vista 327.57
184 Livermore 323.83
185 Farmersville 323.71
186 Soledad 322.52
187 Santa Clara 322.21
188 West Sacramento 321.30
189 Cudahy 319.53
190 Lemoore 316.91
191 Yucaipa 314.73
192 El Centro 314.39
193 Reedley 309.74
194 East Palo Alto 307.11
195 South San Francisco 304.43
196 Brawley 302.96
197 Adelanto 301.68
198 Placerville 298.93
199 Auburn 298.34
200 Paso Robles 297.44
201 Oakley 297.33
202 Torrance 293.14
203 Lompoc 291.87
204 Seaside 284.26
205 Fullerton 283.87
206 Paradise 278.91
207 Mendota 278.72
208 Eastvale 277.80
209 Alhambra 276.63
210 Oceanside 271.23
211 American Canyon 269.93
212 Vista 268.80
213 Suisun City 268.75
214 Temecula 267.53
215 Palmdale 264.68
216 Brentwood 262.76
217 Yucca Valley 261.78
218 Fortuna 258.05
219 Ventura 257.65
220 Morgan Hill 256.73
221 Rancho Cucamonga 256.37
222 La Habra 256.07
223 Laguna Beach 255.47
224 Orange 254.51
225 Ukiah 251.62
226 Burbank 251.61
227 Santa Monica 251.28
228 Canyon Lake 250.54
229 Ridgecrest 248.25
230 Port Hueneme 248.12
231 San Bruno 247.63
232 Roseville 246.67
233 Malibu 245.59
234 Lomita 244.15
235 San Dimas 243.67
236 La Mirada 243.39
237 Novato 241.72
238 Dixon 239.89
239 Monterey 238.55
240 Redondo Beach 233.76
241 Santa Rosa 230.75
242 Pasadena 226.12
243 Albany 225.28
244 South Pasadena 220.90
245 Cypress 219.95
246 Fountain Valley 218.18
247 Piedmont 217.11
248 Daly City 216.46
249 Santa Barbara 215.09
250 Galt 214.53
251 Marina 213.57
252 Dublin 210.16
253 Beverly Hills 208.46
254 Hollister 208.15
255 Rohnert Park 205.98
256 San Mateo 205.15
257 Hercules 203.50
258 Tustin 202.10
259 Monrovia 201.93
260 Huntington Beach 201.40
261 La Palma 200.31
262 San Luis Obispo 198.85
263 South Lake Tahoe 197.57
264 Clovis 190.81
265 Santa Clarita 188.06
266 Murrieta 187.32
267 Twentynine Palms 186.93
268 Newport Beach 182.90
269 Rancho Cordova 182.66
270 Vacaville 182.24
271 Tehachapi 180.11
272 Redwood City 179.22
273 Glendale 178.90
274 Sunnyvale 177.15
275 Brea 174.26
276 California City 173.66
277 Claremont 172.35
278 Pleasanton 166.95
279 Seal Beach 165.85
280 Santee 165.39
281 Davis 164.50
282 Solana Beach 162.23
283 La Quinta 160.75
284 San Marcos 159.22
285 Santa Paula 159.17
286 Napa 159.03
287 Rocklin 156.44
288 Lafayette 156.17
289 Atascadero 156.10
290 Placentia 155.30
291 Grover Beach 153.44
292 Hermosa Beach 150.53
293 Laguna Hills 149.79
294 Morro Bay 149.27
295 Folsom 147.58
296 Manhattan Beach 147.41
297 Truckee 147.01
298 Mountain View 145.61
299 Camarillo 145.43
300 Los Gatos 145.41
301 Carlsbad 145.17
302 Los Alamitos 144.39
303 San Juan Capistrano 144.03
304 Susanville 141.91
305 San Gabriel 140.46
306 Pacific Grove 139.29
307 Avenal 139.09
308 Glendora 137.46
309 Moraga 137.10
310 Healdsburg 135.25
311 Blythe 131.85
312 Arcadia 130.92
313 Ripon 130.57
314 Coalinga 128.98
315 Coronado 128.13
316 Diamond Bar 125.96
317 Elk Grove 123.13
318 Lincoln 120.75
319 Encinitas 119.50
320 Petaluma 118.16
321 Central Marin 113.43
322 Cupertino 111.57
323 Dana Point 110.63
324 Chino Hills 110.14
325 Clayton 107.82
326 Temple City 104.03
327 Arroyo Grande 103.94
328 San Clemente 103.16
329 Walnut 101.82
330 Pacifica 100.88
331 Agoura Hills 95.09
332 Calabasas 93.91
333 Carpinteria 93.76
334 Lake Forest 93.40
335 Palo Alto 92.10
336 Belmont 90.94
337 Laguna Niguel 90.43
338 Goleta 89.90
339 Yorba Linda 88.79
340 San Ramon 87.13
341 Thousand Oaks 86.25
342 Menlo Park 85.99
343 Scotts Valley 83.22
344 Mill Valley 82.81
345 Simi Valley 82.51
346 Rancho Palos Verdes 76.84
347 Danville 73.50
348 Sonoma 71.99
349 Sierra Madre 71.35
350 Fillmore 70.27
351 La Canada Flintridge 67.77
352 Irvine 67.13
353 Moorpark 65.89
354 Poway 65.21
355 Foster City 64.55
356 Windsor 57.98
357 Orinda 56.17
358 Mission Viejo 56.15
359 Los Altos 54.84
360 Laguna Woods 54.64
361 Aliso Viejo 53.36
362 San Marino 51.75
363 Palos Verdes Estates 50.98
364 Imperial 34.13
365 Rancho Santa Margarita 32.25
366 Saratoga 22.47
367 Hillsborough 8.64