Albany, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Albany, CA Summary

Crime in Albany research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Albany over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Albany:

  • There were 493 total crimes committed in Albany in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,631.4 total crimes per 100K people in Albany.
  • The overall crime rate in Albany is 24.17% above the national average.
  • Albany ranks #343 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Albany ranks #8,212 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Albany Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Albany is 2,631.4 per 100,000 people. That's 24.17% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 2.61% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Albany
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 493 2,631.4 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 10 53.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 74.7 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 26 138.8 486.0 359.0
Burglary 56 298.9 305.8 229.0
Larceny 355 1,894.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 56 298.9 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 467 2,492.7 2,078.4 1,760.0

Albany Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Albany

26
Violent Crimes
138.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-61.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Albany in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Albany is 138.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 720.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Albany each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -61.34% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -71.45% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Albany

467
Property Crimes
2,492.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
41.63%
Above The National Average
  • There were 467 property crimes in Albany in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Albany is 2,492.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 40.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Albany each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 41.63% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 19.93% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Albany

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Berkeley, CA 117,400 6,889 5,868.0 5,229.1 638.8
Richmond, CA 113,418 4,180 3,685.5 2,762.3 923.1
Mountain View, CA 81,461 2,509 3,080.0 2,773.1 306.9
South San Francisco, CA 62,229 1,157 1,859.3 1,558.8 300.5
San Bruno, CA 40,553 901 2,221.8 1,965.3 256.5
San Pablo, CA 30,974 971 3,134.9 2,508.6 626.3
El Cerrito, CA 25,424 896 3,524.2 3,044.4 479.9
Lafayette, CA 24,934 336 1,347.6 1,267.3 80.2
Emeryville, CA 12,671 1,865 14,718.6 13,487.5 1,231.2
Piedmont, CA 10,435 362 3,469.1 3,402.0 67.1

Albany SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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