Avenal, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Avenal, CA Summary

Crime in Avenal research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Avenal 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 Avenal:

  • There were 96 total crimes committed in Avenal in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 671.2 total crimes per 100K people in Avenal.
  • The overall crime rate in Avenal is -68.33% below the national average.
  • Avenal ranks #27 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Avenal ranks #3,018 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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Avenal Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Avenal is 671.2 per 100,000 people. That's -68.33% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -73.83% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Avenal
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 96 671.2 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 63 440.5 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 67 468.4 486.0 359.0
Burglary 4 28.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 18 125.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 7 48.9 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 29 202.8 2,078.4 1,760.0

Avenal 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 Avenal

67
Violent Crimes
468.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
30.48%
Above The National Average
  • There were 67 violent crimes in Avenal in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Avenal is 468.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 213.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Avenal each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 30.48% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.62% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Avenal

29
Property Crimes
202.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-88.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 29 property crimes in Avenal in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Avenal is 202.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 493.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Avenal each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -88.48% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -90.24% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Avenal

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Visalia, CA 146,090 3,748 2,565.5 2,130.2 435.3
Tulare, CA 71,689 1,731 2,414.6 1,842.7 571.9
Hanford, CA 60,208 985 1,636.0 1,152.7 483.3
Atascadero, CA 29,685 341 1,148.7 970.2 178.5
Lemoore, CA 26,707 399 1,494.0 1,082.1 411.9
Corcoran, CA 21,831 336 1,539.1 1,016.9 522.2
Coalinga, CA 17,290 156 902.3 410.6 491.6
Kingsburg, CA 13,218 198 1,498.0 1,331.5 166.4
Fowler, CA 7,458 130 1,743.1 1,233.6 509.5
Huron, CA 6,368 83 1,303.4 533.9 769.5

Avenal SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
2
Commute
3
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