Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Los Altos, CA Crime Grade
How Los Altos 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Los Altos, CA was 32.5 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 30,747). That puts Los Altos Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 92% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Los Altos #274 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 93% of them, and #3 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 54% year over year and down 57% over the last five years.
Los Altos, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- California Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 32.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #274 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #3 of 371
- Safer than
- 93% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 54%
- 5-year change
- down 57%
- Population
- 30,747
- Reporting agency
- Los Altos Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Los Altos Police Department (FBI ORI CA0430500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Los Altos (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Los Altos 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 | 76.2(23) | 83.8(25) | 90.1(27) | 71.1(21) | 32.5(10) |
| Murder | 3.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Los Altos, 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 Los Altos 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 Los Altos calculated?
- Los Altos'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 Los Altos 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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