Hanford, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hanford, CA Summary

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

  • There were 985 total crimes committed in Hanford in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,636.0 total crimes per 100K people in Hanford.
  • The overall crime rate in Hanford is -22.80% below the national average.
  • Hanford ranks #178 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Hanford ranks #6,403 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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Hanford Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hanford is 1,636.0 per 100,000 people. That's -22.80% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -36.21% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hanford
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 985 1,636.0 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 3 5.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 32 53.1 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 233 387.0 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 291 483.3 486.0 359.0
Burglary 98 162.8 305.8 229.0
Larceny 460 764.0 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 136 225.9 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 694 1,152.7 2,078.4 1,760.0

Hanford 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 Hanford

291
Violent Crimes
483.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
34.63%
Above The National Average
  • There were 291 violent crimes in Hanford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hanford is 483.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 206.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hanford each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 34.63% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.55% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hanford

694
Property Crimes
1,152.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 694 property crimes in Hanford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hanford is 1,152.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 86.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hanford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.51% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.54% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hanford

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
Lemoore, CA 26,707 399 1,494.0 1,082.1 411.9
Selma, CA 24,399 530 2,172.2 1,598.4 573.8
Corcoran, CA 21,831 336 1,539.1 1,016.9 522.2
Kingsburg, CA 13,218 198 1,498.0 1,331.5 166.4

Hanford SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
5
Commute
8
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