Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Montclair, CA Crime Grade
How Montclair 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 Montclair, CA was 660.0 per 100,000 residents (248 incidents over a population of 37,576). That puts Montclair 103% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 59% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Montclair #3,481 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 8% of them, and #337 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and up 6% over the last five years.
Montclair, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 660.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,481 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #337 of 371
- Safer than
- 8% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- up 6%
- Population
- 37,576
- Reporting agency
- Montclair Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Montclair Police Department (FBI ORI CA0360500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Montclair, CA
Also known as
- Monte Vista
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. Montclair (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Montclair 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 | 622.6(252) | 641.3(245) | 768.2(289) | 670.9(251) | 660.0(248) |
| Murder | 9.9(4) | 7.9(3) | 13.3(5) | 0.0(0) | 5.3(2) |
| Rape | 84.0(34) | 28.8(11) | 26.6(10) | 45.4(17) | 31.9(12) |
| Robbery | 192.7(78) | 159.7(61) | 212.7(80) | 181.8(68) | 202.3(76) |
| Aggravated assault | 336.0(136) | 445.0(170) | 515.7(194) | 443.7(166) | 420.5(158) |
| Property crime | 3649.3(1,477) | 4253.6(1,625) | 4423.2(1,664) | 3768.6(1,410) | 3512.9(1,320) |
| Burglary | 1010.6(409) | 806.2(308) | 914.4(344) | 606.7(227) | 369.9(139) |
| Larceny | 1870.4(757) | 2311.3(883) | 2347.2(883) | 2312.0(865) | 2632.0(989) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 694.3(281) | 1018.2(389) | 1084.5(408) | 796.5(298) | 417.8(157) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Montclair, 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 Montclair 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 Montclair calculated?
- Montclair'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 Montclair 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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