Ranking of California Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024

Updated on January 21, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, among California cities with a population of at least 10K, Oakland had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,925.33), followed by Commerce (1,448.01), Red Bluff (1,277.13), Compton (1,271.72), and Emeryville (1,231.16).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2024, and the table below shows the ranking of California cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent 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 Violent 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.
Ranking of California Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024
Oakland
Commerce
Red Bluff
Compton
Emeryville
Stockton
Barstow
Eureka
Victorville
Oroville
Ranking of California Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Oakland 1925.33
2 Commerce 1448.01
3 Red Bluff 1277.13
4 Compton 1271.72
5 Emeryville 1231.16
6 Stockton 1145.83
7 Barstow 1108.11
8 Eureka 1016.28
9 Victorville 1015.62
10 Oroville 980.80
11 Richmond 923.13
12 Signal Hill 912.54
13 Lynwood 909.98
14 Santa Fe Springs 905.82
15 Parlier 897.27
16 San Bernardino 897.08
17 West Hollywood 884.23
18 Anderson 841.54
19 Lancaster 834.70
20 Clearlake 828.76
21 South Lake Tahoe 785.53
22 Merced 784.79
23 Santa Monica 777.98
24 Sacramento 754.93
25 Marysville 745.09
26 Vallejo 739.77
27 Costa Mesa 737.63
28 Hawaiian Gardens 736.41
29 Fresno 735.47
30 Los Angeles 728.49
31 Hawthorne 727.35
32 Pomona 715.95
33 Atwater 710.44
34 Gardena 703.32
35 Chico 699.19
36 National City 695.62
37 Huntington Park 691.43
38 Mendota 687.40
39 Susanville 686.93
40 Chowchilla 676.78
41 Long Beach 676.45
42 Ridgecrest 675.92
43 Inglewood 674.56
44 Culver City 667.29
45 Santa Maria 660.57
46 Modesto 655.74
47 Cudahy 654.17
48 Santa Barbara 648.34
49 Redding 647.79
50 Montclair 644.14
51 Rialto 641.70
52 Malibu 639.51
53 Berkeley 638.84
54 Greenfield 631.18
55 San Pablo 626.33
56 Bellflower 613.13
57 Santa Cruz 612.92
58 East Palo Alto 607.31
59 San Jose 606.79
60 Antioch 606.76
61 Yucca Valley 605.64
62 Palm Springs 603.44
63 San Francisco 596.50
64 Oxnard 596.37
65 Anaheim 596.18
66 Lawndale 593.65
67 Riverside 589.73
68 California City 588.76
69 Bell 583.68
70 Placerville 583.15
71 Dinuba 579.49
72 Maywood 576.14
73 Tehachapi 574.21
74 Selma 573.79
75 Tulare 571.92
76 Adelanto 565.30
77 Reedley 564.86
78 San Rafael 558.97
79 Bakersfield 554.65
80 Ukiah 552.94
81 Palmdale 551.00
82 San Leandro 548.69
83 Paramount 547.10
84 Grass Valley 540.16
85 Imperial Beach 538.68
86 Highland 534.54
87 South Gate 525.65
88 Salinas 524.54
89 Corcoran 522.19
90 Hesperia 519.58
91 Apple Valley 516.29
92 Seaside 513.15
93 El Segundo 512.47
94 Beverly Hills 512.20
95 Stanton 512.05
96 Port Hueneme 510.28
97 Arcata 507.67
98 Claremont 500.87
99 Lompoc 499.92
100 Fairfield 498.01
101 Montebello 494.67
102 Santa Ana 493.07
103 Desert Hot Springs 491.87
104 Coalinga 491.61
105 Farmersville 490.58
106 Whittier 490.47
107 Campbell 489.90
108 Concord 484.59
109 Sanger 483.90
110 Hanford 483.32
111 Seal Beach 481.75
112 Pasadena 480.43
113 El Cerrito 479.86
114 Hayward 477.13
115 Turlock 475.75
116 Artesia 475.32
117 Redwood City 472.15
118 Avenal 468.43
119 Pico Rivera 468.12
120 Banning 467.13
121 South El Monte 466.57
122 Gilroy 461.32
123 Pittsburg 460.19
124 Oceanside 458.74
125 Fullerton 455.26
126 Lakewood 453.02
127 Lindsay 449.84
128 Lemon Grove 442.69
129 Citrus Heights 439.35
130 Westminster 436.24
131 Visalia 435.35
132 El Cajon 434.39
133 Escondido 433.51
134 Rancho Cordova 425.73
135 Hemet 424.84
136 San Luis Obispo 424.44
137 Yuba City 423.75
138 El Monte 423.16
139 McFarland 421.19
140 Carson 419.98
141 Twentynine Palms 417.59
142 La Mesa 415.89
143 San Diego 412.23
144 Lemoore 411.88
145 Ventura 410.90
146 Galt 410.76
147 La Puente 410.47
148 Union City 407.97
149 Baldwin Park 404.18
150 Pinole 404.15
151 Blythe 404.12
152 Watsonville 399.29
153 Ceres 397.03
154 Oakdale 395.86
155 Madera 393.55
156 Colton 393.21
157 Hermosa Beach 393.19
158 Burbank 390.62
159 Suisun City 389.45
160 Bell Gardens 388.06
161 Porterville 384.79
162 Monterey 382.05
163 Auburn 381.85
164 Newark 380.86
165 Chula Vista 375.76
166 Norwalk 374.44
167 Truckee 373.57
168 Livingston 371.97
169 Upland 370.30
170 Paso Robles 364.31
171 La Habra 362.97
172 San Fernando 362.49
173 Placentia 357.46
174 Lomita 355.07
175 Rosemead 352.89
176 Covina 352.52
177 Healdsburg 352.37
178 Los Alamitos 351.61
179 Cerritos 350.30
180 Yucaipa 349.87
181 Manteca 347.45
182 Coronado 345.11
183 Delano 343.83
184 Santa Rosa 342.57
185 Loma Linda 341.46
186 Hollister 333.14
187 Kerman 328.48
188 El Centro 328.36
189 Perris 327.57
190 Santa Paula 326.71
191 American Canyon 325.49
192 Palm Desert 323.72
193 Grover Beach 320.10
194 Alameda 316.96
195 Vista 316.41
196 Monrovia 316.24
197 Exeter 314.74
198 Milpitas 313.63
199 Torrance 311.18
200 Mountain View 306.90
201 Scotts Valley 305.99
202 Fortuna 302.88
203 Lathrop 302.64
204 Tracy 301.45
205 South San Francisco 300.50
206 Chino 299.52
207 Coachella 299.11
208 Redlands 298.63
209 Brawley 296.70
210 Daly City 296.28
211 Morro Bay 294.34
212 Rancho Cucamonga 293.73
213 West Sacramento 293.62
214 Vacaville 293.17
215 Marina 291.04
216 King City 290.53
217 Napa 288.73
218 Glendale 287.22
219 Cypress 285.32
220 Dixon 283.48
221 Cathedral City 283.26
222 San Dimas 282.56
223 Walnut Creek 280.49
224 Shafter 279.13
225 Martinez 276.76
226 Garden Grove 276.58
227 Patterson 274.61
227 Woodland 274.61
228 Monterey Park 274.15
229 Moreno Valley 272.50
230 Ontario 272.24
231 Petaluma 271.83
232 Azusa 270.74
233 Fontana 270.21
234 Grand Terrace 264.22
235 Rohnert Park 258.00
236 Soledad 257.30
237 San Bruno 256.46
238 Santee 254.42
239 San Jacinto 254.19
240 Novato 253.62
241 Newport Beach 251.80
242 Buena Park 249.59
243 Duarte 249.43
244 Corona 249.42
245 Redondo Beach 249.28
246 Rio Vista 245.31
247 Clovis 244.59
248 Sunnyvale 244.54
249 San Mateo 243.17
250 Brentwood 241.77
251 West Covina 239.31
252 Pleasant Hill 235.55
253 Livermore 234.89
254 Laguna Hills 234.15
255 Windsor 233.83
256 Arcadia 230.35
257 Menlo Park 228.65
258 Orange 226.14
259 Alhambra 224.51
260 San Marcos 222.40
261 Temple City 221.19
262 Roseville 219.23
263 Encinitas 215.02
264 Los Banos 213.93
265 Palo Alto 212.05
266 Tustin 211.73
267 Brea 210.63
268 South Pasadena 210.08
269 La Palma 208.67
270 Sierra Madre 208.65
271 Huntington Beach 207.28
272 Goleta 205.32
273 Beaumont 204.00
274 Carlsbad 199.08
275 Arroyo Grande 198.03
276 La Verne 197.34
277 Fremont 195.71
278 Morgan Hill 195.09
279 Elk Grove 189.87
280 Fillmore 189.35
281 Carpinteria 189.10
282 Rancho Mirage 188.30
283 Davis 186.31
284 Dana Point 185.16
285 Jurupa Valley 184.28
286 Murrieta 183.72
287 Folsom 183.40
288 Burlingame 183.23
289 San Clemente 183.17
290 San Gabriel 182.93
291 Menifee 182.82
292 Santa Clara 181.96
293 Sonoma 179.53
294 Atascadero 178.54
295 Fountain Valley 178.26
296 La Quinta 177.05
297 Lake Elsinore 173.28
298 La Mirada 172.05
299 Glendora 168.92
300 Hercules 168.29
301 Ripon 168.19
302 Laguna Beach 167.31
303 Kingsburg 166.44
304 Santa Clarita 165.38
305 Belmont 164.76
305 Rocklin 164.76
306 San Juan Capistrano 164.65
307 Riverbank 163.72
308 Calabasas 159.84
309 Dublin 154.19
310 Temecula 151.51
311 Manhattan Beach 149.74
312 Los Gatos 147.67
313 Calexico 146.96
314 Oakley 146.09
315 Lake Forest 145.67
316 Norco 145.64
317 Pacifica 145.42
318 Pacific Grove 143.35
319 Albany 138.78
320 Chino Hills 138.02
321 Aliso Viejo 134.88
322 Poway 133.87
323 Benicia 133.55
324 Simi Valley 129.10
325 Camarillo 128.77
326 Walnut 127.33
327 Laguna Niguel 126.68
328 Agoura Hills 124.81
329 Central Marin 123.91
330 Newman 115.26
331 Pleasanton 114.98
332 Calimesa 113.01
333 Cupertino 111.75
334 Solana Beach 103.24
335 Wildomar 102.30
336 Thousand Oaks 102.16
337 Mission Viejo 99.22
338 Moorpark 99.12
339 Lincoln 96.17
340 Mill Valley 95.18
341 Eastvale 93.39
342 Hillsborough 93.21
343 Yorba Linda 93.17
344 Rancho Palos Verdes 91.63
345 Moraga 91.25
346 Saratoga 89.09
347 La Canada Flintridge 88.41
348 San Ramon 86.44
349 Clayton 84.47
350 Irvine 83.97
351 Rancho Santa Margarita 81.08
352 Lafayette 80.21
353 Diamond Bar 78.24
354 Los Altos 77.83
355 Imperial 77.34
356 Foster City 69.44
357 Piedmont 67.08
358 Danville 63.06
359 Laguna Woods 59.53
360 Orinda 56.95
361 Canyon Lake 45.05
362 San Marino 33.85
363 Palos Verdes Estates 24.13