Waterford, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Waterford, CA Summary

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

  • There were 100 total crimes committed in Waterford in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,065.3 total crimes per 100K people in Waterford.
  • The overall crime rate in Waterford is -49.73% below the national average.
  • Waterford ranks #73 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Waterford ranks #4,642 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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Waterford Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Waterford is 1,065.3 per 100,000 people. That's -49.73% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -58.46% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Waterford
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 100 1,065.3 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 2 21.3 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 149.1 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 17 181.1 486.0 359.0
Burglary 11 117.2 305.8 229.0
Larceny 61 649.8 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 117.2 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 83 884.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Waterford 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 Waterford

17
Violent Crimes
181.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.55%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Waterford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Waterford is 181.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 552.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Waterford each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.55% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -62.74% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Waterford

83
Property Crimes
884.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-49.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 83 property crimes in Waterford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Waterford is 884.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 113.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Waterford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -49.76% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.46% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Waterford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Modesto, CA 218,990 6,724 3,070.5 2,414.7 655.7
Turlock, CA 71,886 1,691 2,352.3 1,876.6 475.8
Ceres, CA 48,107 1,080 2,245.0 1,848.0 397.0
Riverbank, CA 25,043 423 1,689.1 1,525.4 163.7
Oakdale, CA 22,988 369 1,605.2 1,209.3 395.9
Hughson, CA 7,747 45 580.9 413.1 167.8
Escalon, CA 7,317 126 1,722.0 1,312.0 410.0

Waterford SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
4
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