Ceres, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Ceres, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,080 total crimes committed in Ceres in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,245.0 total crimes per 100K people in Ceres.
  • The overall crime rate in Ceres is 5.93% above the national average.
  • Ceres ranks #296 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Ceres ranks #7,663 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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Ceres Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Ceres is 2,245.0 per 100,000 people. That's 5.93% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -12.46% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Ceres
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,080 2,245.0 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 2 4.2 4.5 5.0
Robbery 44 91.5 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 111 230.7 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 191 397.0 486.0 359.0
Burglary 72 149.7 305.8 229.0
Larceny 651 1,353.2 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 166 345.1 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 889 1,848.0 2,078.4 1,760.0

Ceres 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 Ceres

191
Violent Crimes
397.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
10.59%
Above The National Average
  • There were 191 violent crimes in Ceres in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Ceres is 397.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 251.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Ceres each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 10.59% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.31% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Ceres

889
Property Crimes
1,848.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
5.00%
Above The National Average
  • There were 889 property crimes in Ceres in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Ceres is 1,848.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Ceres each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 5.00% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.09% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Ceres

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Modesto, CA 218,990 6,724 3,070.5 2,414.7 655.7
Turlock, CA 71,886 1,691 2,352.3 1,876.6 475.8
Riverbank, CA 25,043 423 1,689.1 1,525.4 163.7
Oakdale, CA 22,988 369 1,605.2 1,209.3 395.9
Ripon, CA 16,053 166 1,034.1 865.9 168.2
Waterford, CA 9,387 100 1,065.3 884.2 181.1
Hughson, CA 7,747 45 580.9 413.1 167.8
Escalon, CA 7,317 126 1,722.0 1,312.0 410.0

Ceres SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
3
Commute
4
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