Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Merced, CA Crime Grade
How Merced 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Merced, CA was 695.6 per 100,000 residents (685 incidents over a population of 98,482). That puts Merced 114% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 67% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Merced (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Merced 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 | 798.1(672) | 805.9(743) | 832.9(784) | 791.0(760) | 695.6(685) |
| Murder | 8.3(7) | 7.6(7) | 8.5(8) | 7.3(7) | 6.1(6) |
| Rape | 47.5(40) | 121.5(112) | 83.9(79) | 104.1(100) | 71.1(70) |
| Robbery | 158.0(133) | 168.1(155) | 189.1(178) | 166.5(160) | 121.8(120) |
| Aggravated assault | 584.3(492) | 508.7(469) | 551.4(519) | 513.1(493) | 496.5(489) |
| Property crime | 2434.8(2,050) | 2922.2(2,694) | 2779.3(2,616) | 2888.3(2,775) | 2493.9(2,456) |
| Burglary | 463.2(390) | 417.6(385) | 416.5(392) | 570.4(548) | 381.8(376) |
| Larceny | 1344.5(1,132) | 1897.1(1,749) | 1700.9(1,601) | 1759.0(1,690) | 1732.3(1,706) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 507.1(427) | 463.2(427) | 567.3(534) | 482.9(464) | 294.5(290) |
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: Merced'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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