Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Poway, CA Crime Grade
How Poway 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Poway, CA was 86.7 per 100,000 residents (43 incidents over a population of 49,601). That puts Poway Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 79% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Poway (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Poway 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 162.0(80) | 168.7(81) | 171.8(82) | 133.9(64) | 86.7(43) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.2(7) | 6.2(3) | 4.2(2) | 4.2(2) | 2.0(1) |
| Robbery | 50.6(25) | 37.5(18) | 21.0(10) | 29.3(14) | 18.1(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 97.2(48) | 125.0(60) | 146.7(70) | 100.4(48) | 66.5(33) |
| Property crime | 889.0(439) | 968.5(465) | 844.3(403) | 592.0(283) | 371.0(184) |
| Burglary | 194.4(96) | 154.1(74) | 167.6(80) | 110.9(53) | 48.4(24) |
| Larceny | 585.2(289) | 718.6(345) | 572.0(273) | 420.4(201) | 292.3(145) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 103.3(51) | 91.6(44) | 96.4(46) | 60.7(29) | 30.2(15) |
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: Poway'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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