Sacramento, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sacramento, CA Summary

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

  • There were 17,392 total crimes committed in Sacramento in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,302.3 total crimes per 100K people in Sacramento.
  • The overall crime rate in Sacramento is 55.82% above the national average.
  • Sacramento ranks #398 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Sacramento ranks #8,838 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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Sacramento Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sacramento is 3,302.3 per 100,000 people. That's 55.82% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 28.77% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sacramento
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 17,392 3,302.3 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 45 8.5 4.5 5.0
Robbery 1,012 192.2 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2,737 519.7 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 3,976 754.9 486.0 359.0
Burglary 2,326 441.6 305.8 229.0
Larceny 8,406 1,596.1 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 2,684 509.6 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 13,416 2,547.3 2,078.4 1,760.0

Sacramento 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 Sacramento

3,976
Violent Crimes
754.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
110.29%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,976 violent crimes in Sacramento in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sacramento is 754.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 132.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sacramento each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 110.29% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 55.33% higher than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sacramento

13,416
Property Crimes
2,547.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
44.73%
Above The National Average
  • There were 13,416 property crimes in Sacramento in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sacramento is 2,547.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 39.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sacramento each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 44.73% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 22.56% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sacramento

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Folsom, CA 86,152 1,409 1,635.5 1,452.1 183.4
Citrus Heights, CA 85,809 2,202 2,566.2 2,126.8 439.3
Davis, CA 65,483 1,570 2,397.6 2,211.3 186.3
West Sacramento, CA 56,536 940 1,662.7 1,369.0 293.6

Sacramento SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
4
Amenities
10
Education
7
Commute
6
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