Ranking of California Cities By Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020

Updated on October 22, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among California cities with a population of at least 10K, Commerce had the highest Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,832.05), followed by Marysville (1,557.63), Oakland (1,532.69), Emeryville (1,387.09), and Richmond (1,356.78).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Motor Vehicle Theft crime rate in 2020, 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.

You can also see this information for other states.

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 2020
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Marysville
Oakland
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Richmond
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Ranking of California Cities By Motor Vehicle Theft Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Commerce 2832.05
2 Marysville 1557.63
3 Oakland 1532.69
4 Emeryville 1387.09
5 Richmond 1356.78
6 San Leandro 1181.10
7 Santa Fe Springs 1174.75
8 Hayward 1167.25
9 Signal Hill 1159.85
10 Huntington Park 1128.09
11 Bakersfield 986.18
12 San Pablo 981.90
13 Lynwood 956.79
14 Santa Maria 952.47
15 El Segundo 945.50
16 South Gate 932.12
17 Compton 877.37
18 Vallejo 872.26
19 San Rafael 854.53
20 Inglewood 823.26
21 Oroville 810.18
22 Gardena 791.45
23 San Bernardino 789.87
24 Barstow 773.68
25 Perris 763.73
26 Maywood 731.58
27 Paramount 726.75
28 Pomona 713.90
29 Gilroy 701.85
30 Hemet 700.69
31 Desert Hot Springs 694.78
32 Montclair 694.29
33 Clearlake 694.26
34 San Jose 686.23
35 Bellflower 677.88
36 San Francisco 676.79
37 Colton 671.30
38 Berkeley 657.97
39 East Palo Alto 642.01
40 Eureka 637.76
41 Arvin 636.60
42 San Jacinto 634.81
43 Bell Gardens 630.83
44 Downey 624.92
45 Atwater 622.81
46 Jurupa Valley 606.13
47 Alameda 602.20
48 Long Beach 600.88
49 Piedmont 599.07
50 South El Monte 596.28
51 Union City 594.98
52 Hawthorne 594.65
53 Salinas 584.67
54 Carson 578.95
55 Pittsburg 576.87
56 Banning 573.39
57 Watsonville 572.47
58 Ontario 563.84
59 Riverside 563.75
60 Lawndale 559.56
61 Palm Springs 551.56
62 Anderson 551.14
63 Red Bluff 548.32
64 Moreno Valley 539.82
65 Lompoc 538.27
66 Fairfield 535.91
67 Concord 534.31
68 Pico Rivera 531.29
69 Los Angeles 529.15
70 Lindsay 519.46
71 Tulare 515.05
72 Santa Ana 513.95
73 Corcoran 511.52
74 Antioch 509.42
75 Modesto 508.40
76 Turlock 508.20
77 Merced 507.14
78 Shafter 504.83
79 Grass Valley 499.57
80 Fresno 494.89
81 Anaheim 494.16
82 Campbell 491.40
83 Buena Park 487.17
84 Sacramento 483.77
85 Victorville 482.59
86 Lancaster 481.33
87 Newark 476.63
88 Stockton 474.95
89 Loma Linda 471.37
90 Delano 469.93
91 Yuba City 463.04
92 Cudahy 462.98
93 Lake Elsinore 457.32
94 McFarland 454.03
95 Pleasant Hill 451.02
96 King City 450.26
97 Corona 449.82
98 Highland 449.10
99 Placentia 448.69
100 Rialto 440.37
101 Ceres 436.49
102 Fremont 434.38
103 Santa Monica 432.17
104 Stanton 427.08
105 Culver City 423.28
106 National City 422.95
107 Santa Clara 420.53
108 Burlingame 417.66
109 Azusa 412.92
110 El Cerrito 408.16
111 Norco 403.23
112 Garden Grove 401.87
113 Norwalk 400.87
114 Selma 400.29
115 Monterey Park 397.59
116 West Sacramento 393.95
117 El Monte 393.29
118 Los Banos 381.93
119 Indio 381.90
120 Rosemead 380.87
121 Albany 378.22
122 Morgan Hill 377.20
123 Los Alamitos 377.19
124 Westminster 376.90
125 Madera 376.78
126 Fortuna 374.50
127 Grand Terrace 371.75
128 Oxnard 370.36
129 Baldwin Park 366.86
130 Whittier 366.74
131 Placerville 364.28
132 South Pasadena 363.65
133 South San Francisco 363.32
134 Santa Cruz 362.67
135 Arcata 361.85
136 San Fernando 360.67
137 Hanford 359.88
138 Milpitas 358.73
139 Upland 358.66
140 Fontana 356.96
141 Rancho Mirage 353.32
142 Redlands 352.27
143 Palmdale 349.60
144 Parlier 349.56
145 Covina 348.01
146 Torrance 346.53
147 Martinez 345.07
148 El Cajon 344.54
148 Lodi 344.54
149 San Diego 344.53
150 West Covina 343.85
151 Coachella 343.37
152 Cathedral City 342.86
153 Monrovia 338.82
154 Livingston 337.41
155 Lakewood 337.03
156 Palm Desert 336.36
157 Farmersville 335.95
158 San Bruno 334.91
159 Menifee 333.55
160 Exeter 333.30
161 Beaumont 330.91
162 Lemon Grove 329.94
163 Bell 329.34
164 Tustin 328.34
165 Costa Mesa 325.64
166 Redwood City 320.75
167 Chino 319.80
168 Pinole 315.25
169 Tehachapi 310.73
170 La Puente 308.17
171 California City 307.99
172 Visalia 307.96
173 Artesia 307.04
174 Temecula 306.59
175 Walnut Creek 306.29
176 Orange 305.37
177 La Mirada 305.33
178 Citrus Heights 304.60
179 Woodland 304.30
180 Fullerton 300.70
181 Ukiah 300.15
182 Chico 299.94
183 Patterson 298.99
184 Sanger 298.54
185 Suisun City 298.24
186 Hesperia 297.79
187 Burbank 293.89
188 Redondo Beach 293.73
189 Cerritos 292.28
190 Manteca 290.83
191 Dinuba 290.24
192 Porterville 289.51
193 Capitola 289.42
194 Alhambra 285.15
195 Escondido 283.38
196 Imperial Beach 283.02
197 Hawaiian Gardens 282.77
198 Hermosa Beach 279.79
199 West Hollywood 277.79
200 San Mateo 275.55
201 Chula Vista 273.36
202 Duarte 268.07
203 San Dimas 264.50
204 Beverly Hills 263.50
205 Vista 263.16
206 La Habra 260.42
207 Newman 259.09
208 La Mesa 258.88
209 Manhattan Beach 258.60
210 Tracy 255.03
211 Fountain Valley 254.77
212 Daly City 253.62
213 Calexico 252.77
214 El Centro 250.92
215 Oakdale 250.77
216 Sunnyvale 250.43
217 Laguna Beach 249.63
218 Ventura 248.87
219 Pasadena 248.81
220 Chowchilla 246.20
221 Yucaipa 245.39
222 San Luis Obispo 245.17
223 Adelanto 244.68
224 Santa Barbara 243.21
225 Novato 241.39
226 Lomita 241.06
227 Wildomar 238.05
228 Santa Rosa 237.95
229 Monterey 237.51
230 Oceanside 237.24
231 Rohnert Park 236.39
232 Hollister 231.67
233 Blythe 229.71
234 Dixon 228.93
235 Oakley 228.19
236 Mountain View 225.69
237 Mendota 225.48
238 Marina 224.65
239 Brea 224.23
240 American Canyon 223.62
241 Apple Valley 220.48
242 Huntington Beach 220.36
243 Port Hueneme 218.69
244 Glendale 216.32
245 Livermore 214.91
246 Redding 213.14
247 Murrieta 212.52
248 Davis 211.87
249 Canyon Lake 211.31
250 Napa 210.90
251 Greenfield 209.72
252 Rio Vista 209.58
253 Kingsburg 205.22
254 Eastvale 203.39
255 Galt 200.99
256 Claremont 197.68
257 Glendora 197.38
258 Rancho Cucamonga 197.30
259 La Verne 196.43
260 Roseville 194.27
261 Reedley 193.80
262 Brentwood 193.76
263 Carpinteria 193.63
264 Ripon 192.59
265 Rancho Cordova 191.37
266 Kerman 187.36
267 Brawley 185.87
268 Central Marin 185.01
269 Laguna Woods 183.17
270 Laguna Hills 182.32
271 Auburn 181.91
272 Palo Alto 181.79
273 Lemoore 181.62
274 Newport Beach 179.99
275 Vacaville 179.11
276 Scotts Valley 178.31
277 Seal Beach 175.93
278 Clovis 172.93
279 La Quinta 172.87
280 Grover Beach 170.48
281 Benicia 169.17
282 Menlo Park 168.56
283 Seaside 168.53
284 Agoura Hills 168.24
285 Goleta 167.75
286 Santa Paula 164.09
287 San Marcos 163.95
288 Cypress 160.82
289 Ridgecrest 154.53
290 Rocklin 153.81
291 Dublin 152.89
292 South Lake Tahoe 152.56
293 Diamond Bar 152.51
294 Healdsburg 151.17
295 Avenal 150.14
296 San Clemente 150.00
297 Los Gatos 148.66
298 Hercules 147.04
299 Calabasas 146.46
300 Soledad 146.15
301 Malibu 144.85
302 Pacifica 144.79
303 San Gabriel 140.26
304 Twentynine Palms 137.49
305 Riverbank 135.31
306 Solana Beach 134.92
307 Carlsbad 134.75
308 Coronado 134.74
309 Santa Clarita 129.77
310 Yucca Valley 127.85
311 Orange Cove 125.80
312 Belmont 125.63
313 Arcadia 125.60
314 Arroyo Grande 121.86
315 San Juan Capistrano 119.20
316 Lake Forest 115.65
317 Petaluma 113.48
318 Lafayette 111.26
319 La Palma 110.28
320 Chino Hills 108.35
321 Pleasanton 108.22
322 Fillmore 106.46
323 Temple City 106.03
324 Paso Robles 101.76
325 Dana Point 101.18
326 La Canada Flintridge 100.09
327 Atascadero 99.12
328 Santee 98.98
329 Mill Valley 97.92
330 Irvine 96.95
331 Lincoln 94.10
332 Coalinga 93.78
333 Foster City 93.32
334 Elk Grove 93.05
335 Simi Valley 91.46
336 Aliso Viejo 89.77
337 Cupertino 89.31
338 Encinitas 88.81
339 Mission Viejo 86.76
340 Walnut 84.06
341 Sierra Madre 83.50
342 Saratoga 82.89
343 Windsor 80.99
344 Camarillo 79.52
345 Yorba Linda 79.39
346 Thousand Oaks 78.06
347 Laguna Niguel 77.89
348 Folsom 77.64
349 Poway 74.78
350 San Ramon 73.20
351 Sonoma 72.30
352 Moraga 72.28
353 Truckee 71.43
354 Los Altos 69.53
355 San Marino 69.01
356 Susanville 67.84
357 Morro Bay 66.18
358 Imperial 64.77
359 Rancho Palos Verdes 62.63
360 Clayton 56.36
361 Pacific Grove 51.78
362 Orinda 49.57
363 Palos Verdes Estates 45.27
364 Hillsborough 43.68
365 Moorpark 32.81
366 Rancho Santa Margarita 29.23
367 Danville 20.09