Ranking of California Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among California cities with a population of at least 10K, Emeryville had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (12,646.01), followed by Commerce (9,635.31), Signal Hill (7,290.49), Oakland (6,510.51), and Santa Fe Springs (6,362.77).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total crime rate in 2020, and the table below shows the ranking of California cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Total crime rate per 100K.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Total 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of California Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | Emeryville | 12646.01 |
| 2 | Commerce | 9635.31 |
| 3 | Signal Hill | 7290.49 |
| 4 | Oakland | 6510.51 |
| 5 | Santa Fe Springs | 6362.77 |
| 6 | Red Bluff | 5558.60 |
| 7 | El Segundo | 5359.83 |
| 8 | Barstow | 5149.54 |
| 9 | Berkeley | 5005.48 |
| 10 | San Francisco | 4981.20 |
| 11 | Marysville | 4960.46 |
| 12 | Santa Monica | 4920.75 |
| 13 | Eureka | 4715.64 |
| 14 | Bakersfield | 4693.96 |
| 15 | Culver City | 4607.58 |
| 16 | Vallejo | 4389.91 |
| 17 | San Leandro | 4356.84 |
| 18 | Richmond | 4327.14 |
| 19 | Stockton | 4318.04 |
| 20 | Montclair | 4271.98 |
| 21 | San Bernardino | 4247.45 |
| 22 | Pleasant Hill | 4159.06 |
| 23 | El Cerrito | 4128.28 |
| 24 | Capitola | 4091.82 |
| 25 | Beverly Hills | 4041.33 |
| 26 | Palm Springs | 3995.75 |
| 27 | Santa Cruz | 3981.68 |
| 28 | Burlingame | 3925.98 |
| 29 | Arcata | 3883.13 |
| 30 | San Luis Obispo | 3878.71 |
| 31 | West Hollywood | 3864.48 |
| 32 | South Gate | 3855.96 |
| 33 | Huntington Park | 3782.95 |
| 34 | Fresno | 3771.25 |
| 35 | San Rafael | 3705.22 |
| 36 | Davis | 3670.57 |
| 37 | Hayward | 3663.97 |
| 38 | Pomona | 3654.38 |
| 39 | Costa Mesa | 3619.05 |
| 40 | Compton | 3579.62 |
| 41 | Blythe | 3578.36 |
| 42 | Oroville | 3574.32 |
| 43 | Campbell | 3556.69 |
| 44 | Monterey | 3555.60 |
| 45 | Atwater | 3555.08 |
| 46 | Grass Valley | 3543.83 |
| 47 | Rancho Mirage | 3538.54 |
| 48 | Fortuna | 3508.92 |
| 49 | Clearlake | 3490.96 |
| 50 | Sacramento | 3478.47 |
| 51 | Alameda | 3468.42 |
| 52 | Riverside | 3459.34 |
| 53 | Piedmont | 3451.36 |
| 54 | Malibu | 3408.32 |
| 55 | Turlock | 3376.78 |
| 56 | San Pablo | 3372.48 |
| 57 | South El Monte | 3364.36 |
| 58 | Long Beach | 3295.77 |
| 59 | Concord | 3274.29 |
| 60 | Modesto | 3271.15 |
| 61 | Merced | 3232.89 |
| 62 | West Sacramento | 3223.72 |
| 63 | Ventura | 3152.02 |
| 64 | Palm Desert | 3146.20 |
| 65 | Newark | 3146.15 |
| 66 | San Jacinto | 3141.89 |
| 67 | Yuba City | 3132.58 |
| 68 | Westminster | 3109.95 |
| 69 | Palo Alto | 3107.29 |
| 70 | Santa Maria | 3078.42 |
| 71 | Redding | 3062.60 |
| 72 | Walnut Creek | 3044.50 |
| 73 | Tehachapi | 3037.37 |
| 74 | Fairfield | 3009.51 |
| 75 | Antioch | 2982.73 |
| 76 | Gilroy | 2968.36 |
| 77 | Inglewood | 2956.87 |
| 78 | Colton | 2953.72 |
| 79 | Redlands | 2946.26 |
| 80 | Los Angeles | 2944.77 |
| 81 | Paramount | 2940.36 |
| 82 | Cerritos | 2932.82 |
| 83 | Rialto | 2921.04 |
| 84 | Brawley | 2898.00 |
| 85 | Anaheim | 2885.66 |
| 86 | Tustin | 2874.87 |
| 87 | Lompoc | 2866.13 |
| 88 | Union City | 2864.99 |
| 89 | Brea | 2855.51 |
| 90 | Buena Park | 2849.78 |
| 91 | Santa Barbara | 2829.04 |
| 92 | Pittsburg | 2819.22 |
| 93 | Los Banos | 2817.61 |
| 94 | Hemet | 2816.71 |
| 95 | Bellflower | 2816.20 |
| 96 | Salinas | 2811.19 |
| 97 | East Palo Alto | 2809.20 |
| 98 | Lynwood | 2808.88 |
| 99 | Mountain View | 2777.48 |
| 100 | Ukiah | 2776.39 |
| 101 | Moreno Valley | 2774.36 |
| 102 | San Jose | 2765.70 |
| 103 | Citrus Heights | 2745.88 |
| 104 | Upland | 2737.68 |
| 105 | Perris | 2733.28 |
| 106 | Monrovia | 2727.12 |
| 107 | Tulare | 2723.28 |
| 108 | Fullerton | 2709.86 |
| 109 | Hermosa Beach | 2709.85 |
| 110 | Covina | 2701.79 |
| 111 | Visalia | 2695.73 |
| 112 | Carson | 2690.10 |
| 113 | Gardena | 2689.23 |
| 114 | Hawthorne | 2684.63 |
| 115 | Placerville | 2683.25 |
| 116 | Woodland | 2674.93 |
| 117 | Santa Clara | 2668.67 |
| 118 | Watsonville | 2668.46 |
| 119 | Exeter | 2647.37 |
| 120 | El Centro | 2642.53 |
| 121 | Chico | 2616.87 |
| 122 | Loma Linda | 2612.86 |
| 123 | South Pasadena | 2612.75 |
| 124 | Arvin | 2605.08 |
| 125 | Garden Grove | 2601.66 |
| 126 | Selma | 2597.87 |
| 127 | Lake Elsinore | 2595.22 |
| 128 | Burbank | 2594.25 |
| 129 | Milpitas | 2568.97 |
| 130 | Fountain Valley | 2545.85 |
| 131 | Placentia | 2539.99 |
| 132 | Shafter | 2528.97 |
| 133 | Santa Ana | 2527.42 |
| 134 | Glendora | 2525.35 |
| 135 | Fremont | 2522.73 |
| 136 | South San Francisco | 2521.24 |
| 137 | San Dimas | 2511.22 |
| 138 | Ontario | 2508.75 |
| 139 | Chino | 2508.59 |
| 140 | Victorville | 2499.90 |
| 141 | Anderson | 2494.16 |
| 142 | Lancaster | 2493.52 |
| 143 | Hanford | 2486.44 |
| 144 | Suisun City | 2476.38 |
| 145 | Seal Beach | 2471.41 |
| 146 | Lakewood | 2463.96 |
| 147 | Rancho Cordova | 2461.59 |
| 148 | National City | 2459.89 |
| 149 | San Mateo | 2456.15 |
| 150 | Pasadena | 2449.23 |
| 151 | Stanton | 2447.20 |
| 152 | South Lake Tahoe | 2440.99 |
| 153 | Oxnard | 2431.64 |
| 154 | Albany | 2430.66 |
| 154 | Norco | 2430.66 |
| 155 | Susanville | 2428.77 |
| 156 | San Bruno | 2425.75 |
| 157 | Desert Hot Springs | 2414.53 |
| 158 | Dinuba | 2406.58 |
| 159 | Redondo Beach | 2399.26 |
| 160 | Menlo Park | 2388.44 |
| 161 | Jurupa Valley | 2376.84 |
| 162 | Manhattan Beach | 2361.47 |
| 163 | Corcoran | 2359.45 |
| 164 | Pinole | 2335.92 |
| 165 | Calexico | 2332.51 |
| 166 | El Cajon | 2328.34 |
| 167 | West Covina | 2306.91 |
| 168 | California City | 2295.95 |
| 169 | Central Marin | 2289.48 |
| 170 | Rohnert Park | 2285.87 |
| 171 | Newport Beach | 2284.25 |
| 172 | Monterey Park | 2278.18 |
| 173 | Azusa | 2267.09 |
| 174 | American Canyon | 2265.32 |
| 175 | Corona | 2261.88 |
| 176 | Torrance | 2241.65 |
| 177 | Oceanside | 2233.66 |
| 178 | Ceres | 2231.38 |
| 179 | Downey | 2228.65 |
| 180 | Sunnyvale | 2227.95 |
| 181 | Mill Valley | 2224.24 |
| 182 | Brentwood | 2219.16 |
| 183 | Huntington Beach | 2218.58 |
| 184 | Laguna Beach | 2215.99 |
| 185 | Madera | 2213.98 |
| 186 | Clovis | 2210.45 |
| 187 | Whittier | 2202.79 |
| 188 | Lodi | 2200.65 |
| 189 | Livingston | 2176.65 |
| 190 | Roseville | 2175.84 |
| 191 | Pico Rivera | 2170.37 |
| 192 | Maywood | 2165.03 |
| 193 | La Verne | 2163.81 |
| 194 | Mendota | 2159.40 |
| 195 | Escondido | 2157.49 |
| 196 | Artesia | 2149.31 |
| 197 | Norwalk | 2143.12 |
| 198 | Rancho Cucamonga | 2141.23 |
| 199 | La Quinta | 2138.39 |
| 200 | Santa Rosa | 2134.15 |
| 201 | Banning | 2127.93 |
| 202 | Lemon Grove | 2113.07 |
| 203 | Porterville | 2108.54 |
| 204 | Port Hueneme | 2095.77 |
| 205 | La Habra | 2091.57 |
| 206 | Goleta | 2090.46 |
| 207 | La Palma | 2088.87 |
| 208 | La Mesa | 2081.09 |
| 209 | San Diego | 2076.09 |
| 210 | Claremont | 2075.67 |
| 211 | Pacifica | 2073.58 |
| 212 | Temecula | 2072.28 |
| 213 | Alhambra | 2062.83 |
| 214 | Indio | 2061.81 |
| 215 | Los Alamitos | 2061.40 |
| 216 | Delano | 2041.96 |
| 217 | Napa | 2038.68 |
| 218 | Highland | 2035.32 |
| 219 | Yucca Valley | 2018.17 |
| 220 | Rosemead | 2015.27 |
| 221 | Lawndale | 1987.82 |
| 222 | Novato | 1982.98 |
| 223 | Vacaville | 1982.96 |
| 224 | Lomita | 1967.83 |
| 225 | Manteca | 1965.17 |
| 226 | Kerman | 1957.62 |
| 227 | Morro Bay | 1957.08 |
| 228 | Grand Terrace | 1953.65 |
| 229 | Lindsay | 1946.15 |
| 230 | Redwood City | 1939.46 |
| 231 | Arcadia | 1933.86 |
| 232 | Bell | 1925.35 |
| 233 | San Marino | 1924.55 |
| 234 | Carpinteria | 1913.91 |
| 235 | King City | 1906.57 |
| 236 | Galt | 1905.68 |
| 237 | Sanger | 1901.25 |
| 238 | Beaumont | 1889.04 |
| 239 | Tracy | 1883.06 |
| 240 | Orange | 1877.62 |
| 241 | Duarte | 1876.50 |
| 242 | Palmdale | 1869.03 |
| 243 | Livermore | 1868.42 |
| 244 | Menifee | 1857.76 |
| 245 | Bell Gardens | 1856.79 |
| 246 | El Monte | 1853.23 |
| 247 | Coachella | 1852.89 |
| 248 | Santa Paula | 1815.08 |
| 249 | Hesperia | 1805.39 |
| 250 | Carlsbad | 1779.16 |
| 251 | Hawaiian Gardens | 1767.28 |
| 252 | Morgan Hill | 1762.39 |
| 253 | Belmont | 1758.86 |
| 254 | Apple Valley | 1754.39 |
| 255 | Adelanto | 1736.09 |
| 256 | Lemoore | 1734.62 |
| 257 | Rocklin | 1721.76 |
| 258 | Scotts Valley | 1715.21 |
| 259 | Glendale | 1707.57 |
| 260 | Martinez | 1704.59 |
| 261 | Ridgecrest | 1689.56 |
| 262 | Seaside | 1688.25 |
| 263 | McFarland | 1683.69 |
| 264 | Grover Beach | 1682.60 |
| 265 | Petaluma | 1675.82 |
| 266 | Cudahy | 1656.54 |
| 267 | Marina | 1654.64 |
| 268 | Healdsburg | 1654.49 |
| 269 | La Mirada | 1645.07 |
| 270 | Farmersville | 1633.07 |
| 271 | Cypress | 1632.60 |
| 272 | Parlier | 1620.69 |
| 273 | Pacific Grove | 1618.02 |
| 274 | Atascadero | 1585.94 |
| 275 | Oakdale | 1584.05 |
| 276 | Folsom | 1579.58 |
| 277 | Daly City | 1576.90 |
| 278 | Elk Grove | 1571.07 |
| 279 | Benicia | 1568.34 |
| 280 | Irvine | 1552.50 |
| 281 | Kingsburg | 1551.47 |
| 282 | Pleasanton | 1547.55 |
| 283 | Diamond Bar | 1541.22 |
| 284 | Auburn | 1539.22 |
| 285 | Avenal | 1538.92 |
| 286 | Cupertino | 1538.51 |
| 287 | Dixon | 1535.75 |
| 288 | Laguna Hills | 1532.11 |
| 289 | San Gabriel | 1530.29 |
| 290 | Foster City | 1525.18 |
| 291 | Chula Vista | 1525.03 |
| 292 | Vista | 1517.54 |
| 293 | Dublin | 1491.81 |
| 294 | San Clemente | 1487.67 |
| 295 | Arroyo Grande | 1478.90 |
| 296 | Twentynine Palms | 1474.18 |
| 297 | Fontana | 1471.23 |
| 298 | Rio Vista | 1457.09 |
| 299 | Dana Point | 1437.33 |
| 300 | Patterson | 1429.01 |
| 301 | Cathedral City | 1414.73 |
| 302 | San Fernando | 1409.89 |
| 303 | Los Gatos | 1407.29 |
| 304 | Reedley | 1406.98 |
| 305 | La Canada Flintridge | 1396.26 |
| 306 | Yucaipa | 1391.14 |
| 307 | Imperial Beach | 1386.07 |
| 308 | Eastvale | 1374.79 |
| 309 | Baldwin Park | 1367.75 |
| 310 | Ripon | 1348.10 |
| 311 | Coalinga | 1330.52 |
| 312 | Agoura Hills | 1326.14 |
| 313 | Hollister | 1317.63 |
| 314 | Paso Robles | 1310.60 |
| 315 | La Puente | 1305.92 |
| 316 | Riverbank | 1305.32 |
| 317 | Encinitas | 1287.77 |
| 318 | Solana Beach | 1266.77 |
| 319 | Wildomar | 1256.35 |
| 320 | Camarillo | 1242.47 |
| 321 | Calabasas | 1238.65 |
| 322 | Walnut | 1237.39 |
| 323 | Lincoln | 1227.32 |
| 324 | Oakley | 1212.40 |
| 325 | Coronado | 1195.79 |
| 326 | San Marcos | 1193.51 |
| 327 | Newman | 1186.80 |
| 328 | Simi Valley | 1183.38 |
| 329 | Fillmore | 1158.57 |
| 330 | Los Altos | 1148.89 |
| 331 | Sonoma | 1129.69 |
| 332 | Chino Hills | 1116.49 |
| 333 | San Ramon | 1115.00 |
| 334 | Murrieta | 1108.48 |
| 335 | Thousand Oaks | 1099.17 |
| 336 | Lake Forest | 1097.50 |
| 337 | Chowchilla | 1094.21 |
| 338 | Santee | 1066.59 |
| 339 | Greenfield | 1048.58 |
| 340 | Temple City | 1043.53 |
| 341 | Santa Clarita | 1042.21 |
| 342 | Laguna Woods | 1042.19 |
| 343 | Lafayette | 1027.26 |
| 344 | Hercules | 1017.95 |
| 345 | San Juan Capistrano | 1014.58 |
| 346 | Windsor | 1004.97 |
| 347 | Clayton | 982.29 |
| 348 | Mission Viejo | 978.70 |
| 349 | Sierra Madre | 937.01 |
| 350 | Laguna Niguel | 936.20 |
| 351 | Hillsborough | 917.27 |
| 352 | Rancho Palos Verdes | 915.38 |
| 353 | Canyon Lake | 898.05 |
| 354 | Yorba Linda | 890.95 |
| 355 | Orange Cove | 880.59 |
| 356 | Moraga | 878.46 |
| 357 | Poway | 856.93 |
| 358 | Aliso Viejo | 819.61 |
| 359 | Saratoga | 789.07 |
| 360 | Truckee | 779.76 |
| 361 | Soledad | 684.62 |
| 362 | Palos Verdes Estates | 678.99 |
| 363 | Orinda | 674.10 |
| 364 | Moorpark | 667.16 |
| 365 | Rancho Santa Margarita | 628.47 |
| 366 | Danville | 580.36 |
| 367 | Imperial | 345.42 |