Pleasant Hill, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pleasant Hill, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,429 total crimes committed in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,260.7 total crimes per 100K people in Pleasant Hill.
  • The overall crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 101.05% above the national average.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #431 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #9,372 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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Pleasant Hill Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 4,260.7 per 100,000 people. That's 101.05% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 66.14% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pleasant Hill
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,429 4,260.7 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 2 6.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 34 101.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 39 116.3 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 79 235.5 486.0 359.0
Burglary 92 274.3 305.8 229.0
Larceny 1,147 3,419.9 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 111 331.0 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,350 4,025.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill

79
Violent Crimes
235.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-34.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 79 violent crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 235.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 424.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -34.39% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.53% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pleasant Hill

1,350
Property Crimes
4,025.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
128.70%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,350 property crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 4,025.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 128.70% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 93.66% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pleasant Hill

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
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
Walnut Creek, CA 68,808 2,187 3,178.4 2,897.9 280.5
Dublin, CA 68,099 1,411 2,072.0 1,917.8 154.2
Danville, CA 42,814 277 647.0 583.9 63.1
Martinez, CA 36,132 544 1,505.6 1,228.8 276.8
Hercules, CA 26,739 225 841.5 673.2 168.3
Lafayette, CA 24,934 336 1,347.6 1,267.3 80.2
Piedmont, CA 10,435 362 3,469.1 3,402.0 67.1

Pleasant Hill SnackAbility

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