Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Davis, CA Crime Grade
How Davis 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
3/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Davis, CA was 189.0 per 100,000 residents (127 incidents over a population of 67,181). That puts Davis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Davis #1,977 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 48% of them, and #101 of 371 in California. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 35% over the last five years.
Davis, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 189.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,977 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #101 of 371
- Safer than
- 48% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 35%
- Population
- 67,181
- Reporting agency
- Davis Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Davis Police Department (FBI ORI CA0570100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Davis, CA
Also known as
- Davisville
- Davies
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. Davis (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Davis 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 140.3(98) | 255.5(171) | 206.9(139) | 189.4(124) | 189.0(127) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.5(1) | 3.0(2) | 1.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.8(18) | 49.3(33) | 28.3(19) | 32.1(21) | 34.2(23) |
| Robbery | 42.9(30) | 46.3(31) | 52.1(35) | 32.1(21) | 20.8(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 71.6(50) | 158.4(106) | 123.5(83) | 123.7(81) | 134.0(90) |
| Property crime | 3530.3(2,466) | 2835.4(1,898) | 2783.0(1,870) | 2252.5(1,475) | 1996.1(1,341) |
| Burglary | 552.6(386) | 252.5(169) | 281.3(189) | 142.0(93) | 81.9(55) |
| Larceny | 2745.8(1,918) | 2394.7(1,603) | 2227.9(1,497) | 1925.7(1,261) | 1786.2(1,200) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 211.9(148) | 174.8(117) | 239.6(161) | 145.1(95) | 90.8(61) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Davis, 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 Davis 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 Davis calculated?
- Davis'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 Davis 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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