Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Rancho Cucamonga, CA Crime Grade
How Rancho Cucamonga 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Rancho Cucamonga, CA was 293.7 per 100,000 residents (512 incidents over a population of 174,313). That puts Rancho Cucamonga Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Rancho Cucamonga #2,625 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 30% of them, and #177 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and up 81% over the last five years.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 293.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,625 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #177 of 371
- Safer than
- 30% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- up 81%
- Population
- 174,313
- Reporting agency
- Rancho Cucamonga Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rancho Cucamonga Police Department (FBI ORI CA0361600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Also known as
- North Cucamonga
- Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Cucamonga
- Cuc Amonga
- Cucamonga
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. Rancho Cucamonga (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rancho Cucamonga vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 161.9(290) | 278.9(500) | 308.0(551) | 370.5(651) | 293.7(512) |
| Murder | 0.6(1) | 2.2(4) | 1.1(2) | 0.6(1) | 1.1(2) |
| Rape | 28.5(51) | 21.8(39) | 25.2(45) | 22.2(39) | 20.7(36) |
| Robbery | 62.5(112) | 60.3(108) | 43.6(78) | 62.6(110) | 63.7(111) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.3(126) | 194.7(349) | 238.1(426) | 285.1(501) | 208.2(363) |
| Property crime | 2160.1(3,869) | 1935.3(3,469) | 1833.3(3,280) | 2027.2(3,562) | 1822.0(3,176) |
| Burglary | 348.9(625) | 329.2(590) | 320.3(573) | 410.3(721) | 273.1(476) |
| Larceny | 1580.6(2,831) | 1428.2(2,560) | 1307.3(2,339) | 1448.4(2,545) | 1316.6(2,295) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 222.2(398) | 170.7(306) | 197.3(353) | 159.3(280) | 221.4(386) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rancho Cucamonga, 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 Cucamonga 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 Cucamonga calculated?
- Rancho Cucamonga'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 Cucamonga 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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