Daly City, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Daly City, CA Summary

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

  • There were 2,067 total crimes committed in Daly City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,104.5 total crimes per 100K people in Daly City.
  • The overall crime rate in Daly City is -0.69% below the national average.
  • Daly City ranks #264 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Daly City ranks #7,432 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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Daly City Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Daly City is 2,104.5 per 100,000 people. That's -0.69% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -17.94% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Daly City
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,067 2,104.5 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 94 95.7 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 166 169.0 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 291 296.3 486.0 359.0
Burglary 94 95.7 305.8 229.0
Larceny 1,362 1,386.7 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 320 325.8 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,776 1,808.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Daly City 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 Daly City

291
Violent Crimes
296.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-17.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 291 violent crimes in Daly City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Daly City is 296.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 337.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Daly City each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -17.47% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.04% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Daly City

1,776
Property Crimes
1,808.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
2.74%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,776 property crimes in Daly City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Daly City is 1,808.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 55.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Daly City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 2.74% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -13.00% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Daly City SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
3
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
4
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