Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hayward, CA Crime Grade
How Hayward 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
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hayward, CA was 436.5 per 100,000 residents (687 incidents over a population of 157,399). That puts Hayward Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 5% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hayward (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hayward 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 | 328.2(528) | 363.7(569) | 673.1(1,036) | 484.3(743) | 436.5(687) |
| Murder | 8.1(13) | 5.8(9) | 7.1(11) | 7.8(12) | 4.4(7) |
| Rape | 35.4(57) | 39.0(61) | 65.6(101) | 50.2(77) | 50.8(80) |
| Robbery | 157.2(253) | 154.0(241) | 191.0(294) | 174.0(267) | 127.7(201) |
| Aggravated assault | 127.4(205) | 164.9(258) | 409.3(630) | 252.3(387) | 253.5(399) |
| Property crime | 3335.8(5,367) | 2933.1(4,589) | 3990.5(6,142) | 3704.9(5,684) | 2624.5(4,131) |
| Burglary | 386.6(622) | 320.9(502) | 426.2(656) | 365.0(560) | 294.2(463) |
| Larceny | 1771.4(2,850) | 1565.3(2,449) | 2000.5(3,079) | 1933.9(2,967) | 1573.7(2,477) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1167.2(1,878) | 1031.6(1,614) | 1551.5(2,388) | 1383.8(2,123) | 738.3(1,162) |
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: Hayward'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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