Pinole, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pinole, CA Summary

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

  • There were 450 total crimes committed in Pinole in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,457.7 total crimes per 100K people in Pinole.
  • The overall crime rate in Pinole is 15.97% above the national average.
  • Pinole ranks #315 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Pinole ranks #7,995 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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Pinole Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pinole is 2,457.7 per 100,000 people. That's 15.97% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -4.16% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pinole
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 450 2,457.7 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.5 4.5 5.0
Robbery 31 169.3 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 39 213.0 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 74 404.2 486.0 359.0
Burglary 44 240.3 305.8 229.0
Larceny 268 1,463.7 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 64 349.5 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 376 2,053.5 2,078.4 1,760.0

Pinole 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 Pinole

74
Violent Crimes
404.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
12.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 74 violent crimes in Pinole in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pinole is 404.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 247.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pinole each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 12.58% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.84% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pinole

376
Property Crimes
2,053.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
16.68%
Above The National Average
  • There were 376 property crimes in Pinole in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pinole is 2,053.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 48.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pinole each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 16.68% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -1.20% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pinole

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Richmond, CA 113,418 4,180 3,685.5 2,762.3 923.1
Mountain View, CA 81,461 2,509 3,080.0 2,773.1 306.9
San Pablo, CA 30,974 971 3,134.9 2,508.6 626.3
Hercules, CA 26,739 225 841.5 673.2 168.3
Lafayette, CA 24,934 336 1,347.6 1,267.3 80.2
American Canyon, CA 21,199 332 1,566.1 1,240.6 325.5
Orinda, CA 19,314 181 937.1 880.2 57.0
Piedmont, CA 10,435 362 3,469.1 3,402.0 67.1
Fairfax, CA 7,362 79 1,073.1 964.4 108.7
Kensington, CA 5,398 73 1,352.4 1,241.2 111.2

Pinole SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
3
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