Pleasanton, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pleasanton, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,309 total crimes committed in Pleasanton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,791.8 total crimes per 100K people in Pleasanton.
  • The overall crime rate in Pleasanton is -15.45% below the national average.
  • Pleasanton ranks #202 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Pleasanton ranks #6,786 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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Pleasanton Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pleasanton is 1,791.8 per 100,000 people. That's -15.45% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.13% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pleasanton
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,309 1,791.8 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.4 4.5 5.0
Robbery 35 47.9 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 42 57.5 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 84 115.0 486.0 359.0
Burglary 153 209.4 305.8 229.0
Larceny 905 1,238.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 167 228.6 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,225 1,676.8 2,078.4 1,760.0

Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton

84
Violent Crimes
115.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 violent crimes in Pleasanton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pleasanton is 115.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 869.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pleasanton each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.97% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -76.34% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pleasanton

1,225
Property Crimes
1,676.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-4.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,225 property crimes in Pleasanton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pleasanton is 1,676.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pleasanton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -4.72% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.32% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pleasanton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
San Ramon, CA 84,452 1,013 1,199.5 1,113.1 86.4
Livermore, CA 81,316 2,082 2,560.4 2,325.5 234.9
Milpitas, CA 76,523 2,676 3,497.0 3,183.4 313.6
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
Menlo Park, CA 31,052 624 2,009.5 1,780.9 228.6

Pleasanton SnackAbility

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