Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rancho Cordova, CA Crime Grade
How Rancho Cordova 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rancho Cordova, CA was 506.6 per 100,000 residents (432 incidents over a population of 85,272). That puts Rancho Cordova Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 22% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Rancho Cordova #3,291 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 13% of them, and #289 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 19% year over year and up 20% over the last five years.
Rancho Cordova, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 506.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,291 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #289 of 371
- Safer than
- 13% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 19%
- 5-year change
- up 20%
- Population
- 85,272
- Reporting agency
- Rancho Cordova Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rancho Cordova Police Department (FBI ORI CA034550X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Rancho Cordova (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rancho Cordova 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 | 422.1(322) | 471.4(382) | 473.2(384) | 426.9(357) | 506.6(432) |
| Murder | 7.9(6) | 4.9(4) | 6.2(5) | 4.8(4) | 1.2(1) |
| Rape | 17.0(13) | 28.4(23) | 39.4(32) | 40.7(34) | 46.9(40) |
| Robbery | 95.7(73) | 113.5(92) | 117.1(95) | 80.1(67) | 107.9(92) |
| Aggravated assault | 301.5(230) | 324.5(263) | 310.5(252) | 301.4(252) | 350.6(299) |
| Property crime | 2039.5(1,556) | 2237.1(1,813) | 2266.1(1,839) | 2141.8(1,791) | 1626.6(1,387) |
| Burglary | 395.8(302) | 410.9(333) | 490.4(398) | 330.1(276) | 294.4(251) |
| Larceny | 1451.0(1,107) | 1333.9(1,081) | 1281.6(1,040) | 1472.1(1,231) | 1129.3(963) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 191.4(146) | 487.4(395) | 481.8(391) | 325.3(272) | 182.9(156) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rancho Cordova, 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 Rancho Cordova 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 Rancho Cordova calculated?
- Rancho Cordova'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 Rancho Cordova 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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