Pittsburg, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pittsburg, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,973 total crimes committed in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,609.1 total crimes per 100K people in Pittsburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Pittsburg is 23.11% above the national average.
  • Pittsburg ranks #337 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Pittsburg ranks #8,175 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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Pittsburg Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pittsburg is 2,609.1 per 100,000 people. That's 23.11% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 1.74% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pittsburg
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,973 2,609.1 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 2 2.6 4.5 5.0
Robbery 85 112.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 233 308.1 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 348 460.2 486.0 359.0
Burglary 243 321.3 305.8 229.0
Larceny 775 1,024.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 607 802.7 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,625 2,148.9 2,078.4 1,760.0

Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg

348
Violent Crimes
460.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
28.19%
Above The National Average
  • There were 348 violent crimes in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pittsburg is 460.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 217.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pittsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 28.19% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.31% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pittsburg

1,625
Property Crimes
2,148.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
22.10%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,625 property crimes in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pittsburg is 2,148.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 46.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pittsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 22.10% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 3.39% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pittsburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Concord, CA 121,341 4,090 3,370.7 2,886.1 484.6
Antioch, CA 117,675 4,472 3,800.3 3,193.5 606.8
San Ramon, CA 84,452 1,013 1,199.5 1,113.1 86.4
Mountain View, CA 81,461 2,509 3,080.0 2,773.1 306.9
Oakley, CA 46,548 518 1,112.8 966.7 146.1
Danville, CA 42,814 277 647.0 583.9 63.1
Martinez, CA 36,132 544 1,505.6 1,228.8 276.8
Pleasant Hill, CA 33,539 1,429 4,260.7 4,025.2 235.5
Lafayette, CA 24,934 336 1,347.6 1,267.3 80.2
Orinda, CA 19,314 181 937.1 880.2 57.0

Pittsburg SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
4
Amenities
9.5
Education
5
Commute
2
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