Union City, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Union City, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,691 total crimes committed in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,643.2 total crimes per 100K people in Union City.
  • The overall crime rate in Union City is 24.72% above the national average.
  • Union City ranks #346 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Union City ranks #8,223 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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Union City Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Union City is 2,643.2 per 100,000 people. That's 24.72% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 3.07% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Union City
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,691 2,643.2 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 2 3.1 4.5 5.0
Robbery 77 120.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 171 267.3 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 261 408.0 486.0 359.0
Burglary 187 292.3 305.8 229.0
Larceny 812 1,269.2 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 431 673.7 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,430 2,235.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Union City 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 Union City

261
Violent Crimes
408.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
13.64%
Above The National Average
  • There were 261 violent crimes in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Union City is 408.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 245.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Union City each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 13.64% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.06% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Union City

1,430
Property Crimes
2,235.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
27.00%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,430 property crimes in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Union City is 2,235.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 44.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Union City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 27.00% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 7.54% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Union City SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
4
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
4
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