Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mountain View, CA Crime Grade
How Mountain View 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
4/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Mountain View, CA was 205.6 per 100,000 residents (182 incidents over a population of 88,504). That puts Mountain View 37% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 51% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Mountain View #2,086 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #118 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 33% year over year and up 20% over the last five years.
Mountain View, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- California Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 205.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,086 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #118 of 371
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 33%
- 5-year change
- up 20%
- Population
- 88,504
- Reporting agency
- Mountain View Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mountain View Police Department (FBI ORI CA0431100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Mountain View, CA
Also known as
- Mountainview
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. Mountain View (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mountain View 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 | 172.0(144) | 286.6(231) | 266.2(214) | 308.1(251) | 205.6(182) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.2(1) | 2.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 1.1(1) |
| Rape | 10.7(9) | 33.5(27) | 23.6(19) | 46.6(38) | 18.1(16) |
| Robbery | 62.1(52) | 60.8(49) | 72.2(58) | 55.2(45) | 37.3(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 99.1(83) | 191.1(154) | 167.9(135) | 206.2(168) | 149.1(132) |
| Property crime | 2605.5(2,182) | 3014.1(2,429) | 2867.6(2,305) | 2813.6(2,292) | 2395.4(2,120) |
| Burglary | 503.9(422) | 498.8(402) | 442.9(356) | 494.7(403) | 288.1(255) |
| Larceny | 1870.0(1,566) | 2253.4(1,816) | 2188.3(1,759) | 2063.6(1,681) | 1985.2(1,757) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 225.7(189) | 225.8(182) | 227.7(183) | 232.0(189) | 110.7(98) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mountain View, 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 Mountain View 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 Mountain View calculated?
- Mountain View'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 Mountain View 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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