Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
American Canyon, CA Crime Grade
How American Canyon grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in American Canyon, CA was 395.8 per 100,000 residents (86 incidents over a population of 21,728). That puts American Canyon 22% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks American Canyon #3,007 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #244 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 18% year over year and down 1% over the last five years.
American Canyon, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 395.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,007 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #244 of 371
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 18%
- 5-year change
- down 1%
- Population
- 21,728
- Reporting agency
- American Canyon Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by American Canyon Police Department (FBI ORI CA028090X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. American Canyon (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
American Canyon vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 401.6(86) | 301.0(64) | 334.9(71) | 395.8(86) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 37.4(8) | 18.8(4) | 51.9(11) | 27.6(6) |
| Robbery | 74.7(16) | 51.7(11) | 66.0(14) | 87.4(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 289.6(62) | 230.5(49) | 212.3(45) | 280.7(61) |
| Property crime | 1849.4(396) | 1519.1(323) | 1278.4(271) | 1159.8(252) |
| Burglary | 140.1(30) | 98.8(21) | 42.5(9) | 59.8(13) |
| Larceny | 1368.4(293) | 1152.3(245) | 985.9(209) | 934.3(203) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 340.9(73) | 263.4(56) | 240.6(51) | 161.1(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the American Canyon, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the American Canyon Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for American Canyon calculated?
- American Canyon's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the American Canyon Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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