Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Mill Valley, CA Crime Grade
How Mill Valley 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Mill Valley, CA was 95.2 per 100,000 residents (13 incidents over a population of 13,658). That puts Mill Valley 74% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 80% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Mill Valley #1,070 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 72% of them, and #29 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 89% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Mill Valley, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- California Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 95.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,070 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #29 of 371
- Safer than
- 72% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 89%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 13,658
- Reporting agency
- Mill Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mill Valley Police Department (FBI ORI CA0210500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Mill Valley (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mill Valley vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 139.4(20) | 42.0(6) | 64.2(9) | 50.3(7) | 95.2(13) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 14.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 62.7(9) | 7.0(1) | 14.3(2) | 21.6(3) | 29.3(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 69.7(10) | 35.0(5) | 49.9(7) | 14.4(2) | 65.9(9) |
| Property crime | 1561.7(224) | 2182.3(312) | 1119.6(157) | 812.7(113) | 1025.0(140) |
| Burglary | 251.0(36) | 405.7(58) | 213.9(30) | 100.7(14) | 183.0(25) |
| Larceny | 1234.1(177) | 1671.7(239) | 805.8(113) | 575.3(80) | 790.7(108) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 69.7(10) | 97.9(14) | 92.7(13) | 122.3(17) | 29.3(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mill Valley, 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 Mill Valley 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 Mill Valley calculated?
- Mill Valley'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 Mill Valley 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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