Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dixon, CA Crime Grade
How Dixon 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
4/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dixon, CA was 238.6 per 100,000 residents (49 incidents over a population of 20,540). That puts Dixon 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 43% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Dixon #2,314 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #140 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Dixon, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 238.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,314 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #140 of 371
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 20,540
- Reporting agency
- Dixon Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dixon Police Department (FBI ORI CA0480200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dixon, CA
Also known as
- Dickson
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. Dixon (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dixon 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 | 280.8(58) | 342.1(65) | 260.1(50) | 345.3(67) | 238.6(49) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) |
| Rape | 38.7(8) | 47.4(9) | 46.8(9) | 51.5(10) | 19.5(4) |
| Robbery | 29.0(6) | 42.1(8) | 52.0(10) | 46.4(9) | 48.7(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 213.0(44) | 252.6(48) | 161.3(31) | 247.4(48) | 165.5(34) |
| Property crime | 1379.8(285) | 1563.1(297) | 1534.7(295) | 1443.2(280) | 959.1(197) |
| Burglary | 222.7(46) | 189.5(36) | 176.9(34) | 247.4(48) | 63.3(13) |
| Larceny | 978.0(202) | 1178.9(224) | 1154.9(222) | 994.7(193) | 813.0(167) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 159.8(33) | 173.7(33) | 192.5(37) | 175.2(34) | 73.0(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dixon, 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 Dixon 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 Dixon calculated?
- Dixon'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 Dixon 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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