Sonoma, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sonoma, CA Summary

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

  • There were 141 total crimes committed in Sonoma in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,332.3 total crimes per 100K people in Sonoma.
  • The overall crime rate in Sonoma is -37.13% below the national average.
  • Sonoma ranks #119 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Sonoma ranks #5,557 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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Sonoma Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sonoma is 1,332.3 per 100,000 people. That's -37.13% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -48.05% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sonoma
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 141 1,332.3 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 4 37.8 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 132.3 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 19 179.5 486.0 359.0
Burglary 22 207.9 305.8 229.0
Larceny 92 869.3 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 8 75.6 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 122 1,152.8 2,078.4 1,760.0

Sonoma 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 Sonoma

19
Violent Crimes
179.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Sonoma in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sonoma is 179.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 557.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sonoma each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.06% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sonoma

122
Property Crimes
1,152.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 122 property crimes in Sonoma in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sonoma is 1,152.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 86.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sonoma each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.50% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.54% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sonoma

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Santa Rosa, CA 175,147 2,912 1,662.6 1,320.0 342.6
Napa, CA 76,888 1,285 1,671.3 1,382.5 288.7
Petaluma, CA 58,493 845 1,444.6 1,172.8 271.8
Novato, CA 51,258 824 1,607.6 1,353.9 253.6
Rohnert Park, CA 44,573 678 1,521.1 1,263.1 258.0
American Canyon, CA 21,199 332 1,566.1 1,240.6 325.5
Cotati, CA 7,377 92 1,247.1 1,043.8 203.3
St. Helena, CA 5,224 48 918.8 746.6 172.3

Sonoma SnackAbility

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