Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Paso Robles, CA Crime Grade
How Paso Robles 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Paso Robles, CA was 348.2 per 100,000 residents (110 incidents over a population of 31,588). That puts Paso Robles Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Paso Robles #2,838 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #217 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and up 113% over the last five years.
Paso Robles, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 348.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,838 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #217 of 371
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- up 113%
- Population
- 31,588
- Reporting agency
- Paso Robles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Paso Robles Police Department (FBI ORI CA0400400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Paso Robles, CA
Also known as
- Paso De Robles
- El Paso de Robles
- Pasco Robles
Location
On the west bank of the Salinas River between mile markers 119 and 124, 8 km (5 mi) north of Templeton. (US-T121)
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. Paso Robles (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Paso Robles 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 | 163.4(53) | 303.4(97) | 399.5(126) | 367.5(114) | 348.2(110) |
| Murder | 9.3(3) | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.2(2) | 40.7(13) | 69.8(22) | 67.7(21) | 47.5(15) |
| Robbery | 24.7(8) | 40.7(13) | 63.4(20) | 35.5(11) | 19.0(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 123.4(40) | 222.1(71) | 263.2(83) | 264.4(82) | 281.8(89) |
| Property crime | 1147.2(372) | 1670.5(534) | 1572.7(496) | 1882.8(584) | 1563.9(494) |
| Burglary | 107.9(35) | 131.4(42) | 171.2(54) | 151.5(47) | 98.1(31) |
| Larceny | 909.7(295) | 1357.7(434) | 1239.7(391) | 1612.0(500) | 1298.0(410) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 101.8(33) | 153.3(49) | 145.9(46) | 106.4(33) | 145.6(46) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Paso Robles, 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 Paso Robles 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 Paso Robles calculated?
- Paso Robles'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 Paso Robles 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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