Ranking of California Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2020

Updated on October 22, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, the California city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Los Angeles (117,808), followed by San Francisco (43,910), San Diego (29,846), Oakland (28,511), and San Jose (28,474).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2020, and the table below shows the ranking of California cities with high number of Total crimes.

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 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.

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 Number of Total Crimes in 2020
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Los Angeles 117808
2 San Francisco 43910
3 San Diego 29846
4 Oakland 28511
5 San Jose 28474
6 Fresno 20194
7 Bakersfield 18225
8 Sacramento 18055
9 Long Beach 15248
10 Stockton 13601
11 Riverside 11567
12 Anaheim 10155
13 San Bernardino 9190
14 Santa Ana 8419
15 Modesto 7084
16 Fremont 6162
17 Berkeley 6124
18 Moreno Valley 5972
19 Hayward 5895
20 Pomona 5554
21 Vallejo 5370
22 Oxnard 5108
23 Richmond 4819
24 Ontario 4703
25 Irvine 4612
26 Garden Grove 4467
27 Santa Monica 4452
28 Huntington Beach 4440
29 Salinas 4385
30 Concord 4259
31 Chula Vista 4240
32 Costa Mesa 4101
33 Oceanside 3945
34 Lancaster 3932
35 San Leandro 3888
36 Corona 3887
37 Rancho Cucamonga 3831
38 Santa Rosa 3776
39 Fullerton 3767
40 Visalia 3659
41 South Gate 3599
42 Fairfield 3566
43 Santa Clara 3522
44 Pasadena 3465
45 Ventura 3445
46 Sunnyvale 3434
47 Compton 3419
48 Glendale 3418
49 Antioch 3355
50 Santa Maria 3329
51 Escondido 3289
52 Torrance 3215
53 Inglewood 3193
54 Fontana 3186
55 Roseville 3136
56 Victorville 3077
57 Rialto 3038
58 Palmdale 2903
59 Redding 2845
60 Westminster 2822
61 Elk Grove 2786
62 Chico 2757
63 Merced 2722
64 Alameda 2707
65 Burbank 2657
66 Jurupa Valley 2643
67 Orange 2607
68 Santa Barbara 2594
69 Santa Cruz 2591
70 San Mateo 2585
71 Clovis 2582
72 Davis 2564
73 Turlock 2505
74 Downey 2475
75 Carson 2458
76 Citrus Heights 2425
77 Hemet 2424
78 West Covina 2422
79 Chino 2416
80 Temecula 2413
81 El Cajon 2399
82 Buena Park 2334
83 Mountain View 2326
84 Hawthorne 2316
85 Santa Clarita 2313
86 Tustin 2294
87 Norwalk 2224
88 Milpitas 2220
89 Perris 2201
90 Huntington Park 2173
91 San Rafael 2168
92 Walnut Creek 2157
93 Bellflower 2152
94 El Monte 2144
95 Union City 2138
96 Upland 2122
97 Redlands 2116
98 Yuba City 2104
99 Pittsburg 2077
100 Carlsbad 2073
101 Palo Alto 2034
102 Vacaville 2015
103 Lynwood 1964
104 Palm Springs 1956
105 Lakewood 1952
106 Newport Beach 1929
107 Indio 1922
108 Rancho Cordova 1878
109 Whittier 1874
110 San Luis Obispo 1851
111 Lake Elsinore 1850
112 Tracy 1809
113 Culver City 1807
114 Tulare 1803
115 Menifee 1799
116 Gilroy 1789
117 West Sacramento 1743
118 Hesperia 1740
119 Alhambra 1729
119 Montclair 1729
120 South San Francisco 1721
121 Livermore 1704
122 Palm Desert 1693
123 Redwood City 1687
124 Daly City 1685
125 Manteca 1669
126 Woodland 1635
127 Colton 1628
128 Redondo Beach 1601
129 Gardena 1597
130 Napa 1595
131 Paramount 1586
132 Newark 1571
133 San Jacinto 1564
134 Emeryville 1559
135 Vista 1557
136 National City 1518
137 Lodi 1501
138 Campbell 1491
139 Simi Valley 1488
140 Madera 1469
141 Brentwood 1466
142 Cerritos 1465
143 Pleasant Hill 1457
144 Watsonville 1445
145 Hanford 1444
146 West Hollywood 1419
147 Fountain Valley 1409
148 Thousand Oaks 1394
149 Beverly Hills 1365
150 Monterey Park 1358
151 Pico Rivera 1344
152 Glendora 1305
153 Murrieta 1304
154 Folsom 1302
154 Placentia 1302
155 Apple Valley 1297
156 Pleasanton 1287
157 Covina 1281
158 La Habra 1269
159 Porterville 1260
160 Eureka 1257
161 Brea 1248
162 Barstow 1238
162 La Mesa 1238
163 Lompoc 1230
164 Burlingame 1222
165 Commerce 1218
166 Rocklin 1209
167 Los Banos 1173
168 San Marcos 1172
169 El Centro 1169
170 Azusa 1142
171 Highland 1133
172 Santa Fe Springs 1132
173 Arcadia 1124
174 Novato 1109
175 Delano 1095
176 Ceres 1094
177 Rosemead 1090
178 El Cerrito 1062
179 Atwater 1056
180 San Pablo 1051
181 San Bruno 1043
182 Baldwin Park 1029
183 Petaluma 1019
184 Dublin 1005
185 Monterey 1003
186 Beaumont 999
187 Rohnert Park 996
188 Monrovia 990
189 San Clemente 962
190 Lake Forest 949
191 Chino Hills 948
192 Stanton 934
193 Calexico 932
194 Mission Viejo 925
195 Cupertino 913
195 Vernon 913
196 La Quinta 903
197 Eastvale 899
198 El Segundo 890
199 Camarillo 875
200 Diamond Bar 859
201 Coachella 858
202 Industry 856
203 San Ramon 853
204 San Dimas 845
205 Menlo Park 836
205 Signal Hill 836
206 Manhattan Beach 831
207 East Palo Alto 827
207 Morgan Hill 827
208 Encinitas 812
209 Red Bluff 811
210 Cypress 802
210 Pacifica 802
211 Central Marin 792
211 La Mirada 792
212 Cathedral City 784
213 Bell Gardens 780
214 Brawley 764
215 Claremont 756
216 Yucaipa 754
217 Oroville 750
218 Suisun City 739
219 Arcata 719
220 Desert Hot Springs 702
221 Blythe 701
222 La Verne 694
222 South El Monte 694
223 Bell 684
224 Banning 668
225 Rancho Mirage 661
225 South Pasadena 661
226 Martinez 657
227 Selma 649
228 Goleta 648
229 Norco 645
230 Lawndale 643
230 Loma Linda 643
231 Laguna Niguel 625
231 Santee 625
232 Marysville 621
233 San Gabriel 611
234 Yorba Linda 606
235 Lincoln 600
236 Dinuba 597
237 Adelanto 596
238 Seal Beach 590
239 Maywood 583
240 Arvin 577
241 Seaside 571
242 Lemon Grove 570
243 Hollister 546
244 South Lake Tahoe 544
245 Santa Paula 542
246 Clearlake 533
247 Oakley 526
247 Shafter 526
248 Foster City 523
248 Hermosa Beach 523
249 La Puente 517
250 Corcoran 512
250 Galt 512
251 Laguna Beach 506
252 Ridgecrest 492
253 Sanger 484
254 Dana Point 483
255 Albany 482
256 Atascadero 480
257 Laguna Hills 479
258 Belmont 476
259 Wildomar 475
260 Lemoore 468
261 American Canyon 466
262 Port Hueneme 460
263 Grass Valley 454
264 Pinole 452
265 Benicia 445
266 Ukiah 444
267 Yucca Valley 442
268 Fortuna 431
269 Los Gatos 426
270 Paso Robles 425
271 Poway 424
272 Aliso Viejo 420
273 Capitola 410
274 Lomita 400
274 Malibu 400
275 Duarte 399
276 Tehachapi 391
277 Cudahy 390
278 Piedmont 386
278 Twentynine Palms 386
279 Marina 383
280 Imperial Beach 382
281 Rancho Palos Verdes 380
282 Oakdale 379
283 Temple City 374
284 Calimesa 373
285 Crescent City 369
286 Walnut 368
287 San Juan Capistrano 366
288 Reedley 363
289 Pismo Beach 360
290 Susanville 358
291 Artesia 357
292 Los Altos 347
293 San Fernando 344
294 Livingston 329
295 California City 328
295 Riverbank 328
296 Patterson 325
297 Dixon 322
297 La Palma 322
298 Mill Valley 318
299 Kerman 303
300 Placerville 302
301 Rancho Santa Margarita 301
302 Fort Bragg 300
303 Sonora 299
304 Calabasas 296
305 Coronado 284
306 La Canada Flintridge 279
307 Exeter 278
308 Lafayette 277
309 Windsor 273
310 King City 271
311 Hercules 270
312 Agoura Hills 268
313 Anderson 267
313 Arroyo Grande 267
313 McFarland 267
313 Taft 267
314 Lindsay 266
315 Yreka 262
316 Danville 260
317 Carpinteria 257
318 Parlier 255
319 San Marino 251
320 Hawaiian Gardens 250
320 Pacific Grove 250
321 Mendota 249
322 Grand Terrace 247
323 Sausalito 245
324 Moorpark 244
325 Colma 241
326 Saratoga 238
327 Los Alamitos 235
328 Coalinga 227
328 Grover Beach 227
329 Ripon 224
330 Auburn 220
331 Morro Bay 207
332 Avenal 205
333 Corning 203
334 Scotts Valley 202
335 Irwindale 201
336 Chowchilla 200
337 Sebastopol 198
338 Healdsburg 197
339 Needles 194
340 Gridley 189
340 Kingsburg 189
341 Huron 188
342 Fillmore 185
342 Greenfield 185
343 Jackson 181
344 Soledad 178
345 Dos Palos 177
346 Cotati 176
347 Farmersville 175
348 Solana Beach 169
349 Laguna Woods 165
350 Escalon 162
351 Bishop 159
352 Atherton 158
352 Moraga 158
353 Big Bear 154
354 Lakeport 151
355 Rio Vista 146
356 Newman 142
357 Orland 141
358 Westlake Village 138
359 Angels Camp 137
360 Fowler 136
360 Orinda 136
360 Willits 136
361 Truckee 131
362 Rolling Hills Estates 130
363 Sonoma 125
364 Indian Wells 124
365 Clayton 122
366 Firebaugh 117
366 Mammoth Lakes 117
367 Gustine 116
367 Paradise 116
368 Cloverdale 112
368 Fairfax 112
369 Carmel 110
370 Ojai 109
371 Nevada City 108
372 Guadalupe 107
373 Brisbane 105
373 Hillsborough 105
374 St. Helena 104
375 Calistoga 102
375 Canyon Lake 102
375 Waterford 102
376 Sierra Madre 101
377 Winters 100
378 Colusa 95
378 Holtville 95
379 Tiburon 92
380 Orange Cove 91
381 Palos Verdes Estates 90
382 Williams 89
383 Buellton 88
383 Sand City 88
383 Woodlake 88
384 Kensington 84
385 Broadmoor 83
386 Del Mar 79
387 Gonzales 76
388 Solvang 73
389 Rio Dell 71
390 Los Altos Hills 65
391 Imperial 64
391 Weed 64
392 Montague 62
392 Sutter Creek 62
393 Wheatland 61
394 Westmorland 60
395 Avalon 59
395 Ione 59
396 Alturas 58
396 La Habra Heights 58
397 Dunsmuir 56
398 Del Rey Oaks 55
399 Villa Park 53
400 Mount Shasta 49
401 Hughson 38
402 Yountville 35
403 Ross 33
404 Bear Valley 28
405 Fort Jones 27
406 Dorris 24
407 Belvedere 22
407 Ferndale 22
408 Monte Sereno 19
409 Isleton 17
410 Lake Shastina 15
411 Hidden Hills 14
412 Etna 13
413 Stallion Springs 12
414 Tulelake 11
415 Bradbury 7
416 Rolling Hills 6