Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Menlo Park, CA Crime Grade
How Menlo Park 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 Menlo Park, CA was 182.4 per 100,000 residents (60 incidents over a population of 32,887). That puts Menlo Park 44% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Menlo Park #1,909 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 49% of them, and #93 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and up 23% over the last five years.
Menlo Park, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 182.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,909 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #93 of 371
- Safer than
- 49% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- up 23%
- Population
- 32,887
- Reporting agency
- Menlo Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Menlo Park Police Department (FBI ORI CA0410900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Menlo Park, CA
History
In August, 1854, D. J. Oliver and D. C. McGlynn, brothers-in-low, from Menlough, county Galway, Ireland, erected an arched gate at the joint entrance to their ranches with the inscription "Menlo Park" and the date. When the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad reached the place in 1863, it adopted the name for the station. The gate stood until July 7, 1922, when an automobile struck and destroyed the landmark, (Gudde's California Place Names,Stanger, p.152). (US-T121)
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. Menlo Park (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Menlo Park 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 | 148.6(52) | 293.6(92) | 256.1(81) | 228.6(71) | 182.4(60) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.1(6) | 28.7(9) | 19.0(6) | 32.2(10) | 3.0(1) |
| Robbery | 71.4(25) | 31.9(10) | 47.4(15) | 25.8(8) | 33.4(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 60.0(21) | 233.0(73) | 189.7(60) | 170.7(53) | 146.0(48) |
| Property crime | 2239.9(784) | 1771.4(555) | 1741.9(551) | 1790.5(556) | 1529.5(503) |
| Burglary | 362.8(127) | 383.0(120) | 335.1(106) | 283.4(88) | 206.8(68) |
| Larceny | 1699.9(595) | 1228.8(385) | 1277.2(404) | 1365.5(424) | 1234.5(406) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.6(59) | 156.4(49) | 117.0(37) | 132.0(41) | 88.2(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Menlo Park, 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 Menlo Park 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 Menlo Park calculated?
- Menlo Park'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 Menlo Park 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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