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.
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
- 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: Menlo Park'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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