Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
El Cajon, CA Crime Grade
How El Cajon 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in El Cajon, CA was 454.2 per 100,000 residents (466 incidents over a population of 102,604). That puts El Cajon Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. El Cajon (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
El Cajon 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 | 533.8(548) | 470.9(493) | 477.0(494) | 435.4(444) | 454.2(466) |
| Murder | 1.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(5) |
| Rape | 50.7(52) | 30.6(32) | 39.6(41) | 29.4(30) | 35.1(36) |
| Robbery | 120.8(124) | 111.8(117) | 99.5(103) | 106.9(109) | 61.4(63) |
| Aggravated assault | 360.4(370) | 328.6(344) | 337.9(350) | 299.1(305) | 352.8(362) |
| Property crime | 1872.1(1,922) | 1637.2(1,714) | 1546.8(1,602) | 1535.6(1,566) | 1217.3(1,249) |
| Burglary | 264.0(271) | 254.1(266) | 207.6(215) | 158.9(162) | 125.7(129) |
| Larceny | 1180.5(1,212) | 1030.6(1,079) | 1028.3(1,065) | 1094.3(1,116) | 859.6(882) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 401.3(412) | 330.5(346) | 286.8(297) | 264.8(270) | 212.5(218) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: El Cajon's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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