Milpitas, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Milpitas, CA Summary

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

  • There were 2,676 total crimes committed in Milpitas in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,497.0 total crimes per 100K people in Milpitas.
  • The overall crime rate in Milpitas is 65.01% above the national average.
  • Milpitas ranks #410 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Milpitas ranks #9,006 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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Milpitas Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Milpitas is 3,497.0 per 100,000 people. That's 65.01% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 36.36% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Milpitas
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,676 3,497.0 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 3 3.9 4.5 5.0
Robbery 64 83.6 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 140 183.0 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 240 313.6 486.0 359.0
Burglary 189 247.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 1,943 2,539.1 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 304 397.3 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 2,436 3,183.4 2,078.4 1,760.0

Milpitas 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 Milpitas

240
Violent Crimes
313.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 240 violent crimes in Milpitas in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Milpitas is 313.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 318.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Milpitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.64% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.47% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Milpitas

2,436
Property Crimes
3,183.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
80.87%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,436 property crimes in Milpitas in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Milpitas is 3,183.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 31.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Milpitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 80.87% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 53.16% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Milpitas

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
San Jose, CA 956,840 30,568 3,194.7 2,587.9 606.8
Fremont, CA 224,820 5,673 2,523.4 2,327.6 195.7
Sunnyvale, CA 150,893 3,250 2,153.8 1,909.3 244.5
Santa Clara, CA 131,901 3,540 2,683.8 2,501.9 182.0
Burbank, CA 101,377 3,510 3,462.3 3,071.7 390.6
Pleasanton, CA 73,054 1,309 1,791.8 1,676.8 115.0
Dublin, CA 68,099 1,411 2,072.0 1,917.8 154.2
Cupertino, CA 56,375 946 1,678.0 1,566.3 111.8
Newark, CA 46,736 2,030 4,343.5 3,962.7 380.9
Menlo Park, CA 31,052 624 2,009.5 1,780.9 228.6

Milpitas SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
6
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