Oakdale, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oakdale, CA Summary

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

  • There were 369 total crimes committed in Oakdale in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,605.2 total crimes per 100K people in Oakdale.
  • The overall crime rate in Oakdale is -24.26% below the national average.
  • Oakdale ranks #172 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Oakdale ranks #6,339 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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Oakdale Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oakdale is 1,605.2 per 100,000 people. That's -24.26% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -37.41% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oakdale
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 369 1,605.2 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 12 52.2 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 62 269.7 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 91 395.9 486.0 359.0
Burglary 33 143.6 305.8 229.0
Larceny 208 904.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 37 161.0 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 278 1,209.3 2,078.4 1,760.0

Oakdale 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 Oakdale

91
Violent Crimes
395.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
10.27%
Above The National Average
  • There were 91 violent crimes in Oakdale in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oakdale is 395.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 252.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oakdale each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 10.27% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.55% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oakdale

278
Property Crimes
1,209.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 278 property crimes in Oakdale in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oakdale is 1,209.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oakdale each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.29% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.82% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oakdale

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
Ceres, CA 48,107 1,080 2,245.0 1,848.0 397.0
Riverbank, CA 25,043 423 1,689.1 1,525.4 163.7
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

Oakdale SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
3
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