Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chula Vista, CA Crime Grade
How Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista, CA was 362.8 per 100,000 residents (1,013 incidents over a population of 279,237). That puts Chula Vista Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 13% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Chula Vista #2,897 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #227 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and up 6% over the last five years.
Chula Vista, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 362.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,897 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #227 of 371
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- up 6%
- Population
- 279,237
- Reporting agency
- Chula Vista Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Chula Vista Police Department (FBI ORI CA0370200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Chula Vista, CA
Also known as
- Chulavista
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chula Vista (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chula Vista 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 341.7(943) | 353.3(982) | 350.1(983) | 379.0(1,038) | 362.8(1,013) |
| Murder | 3.6(10) | 2.9(8) | 1.8(5) | 1.1(3) | 2.5(7) |
| Rape | 22.8(63) | 13.0(36) | 16.4(46) | 20.8(57) | 15.8(44) |
| Robbery | 96.0(265) | 106.5(296) | 69.5(195) | 82.5(226) | 67.0(187) |
| Aggravated assault | 219.2(605) | 231.0(642) | 262.5(737) | 274.6(752) | 277.5(775) |
| Property crime | 1263.9(3,488) | 1294.7(3,599) | 1294.8(3,635) | 1153.2(3,158) | 1055.0(2,946) |
| Burglary | 156.2(431) | 187.4(521) | 131.8(370) | 135.5(371) | 123.9(346) |
| Larceny | 750.8(2,072) | 735.0(2,043) | 739.8(2,077) | 671.2(1,838) | 701.9(1,960) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 338.8(935) | 358.7(997) | 413.2(1,160) | 333.4(913) | 216.7(605) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Chula Vista, 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 Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista calculated?
- Chula Vista'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 Chula Vista 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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