Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sacramento, CA Crime Grade
How Sacramento 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sacramento, CA was 719.4 per 100,000 residents (3,873 incidents over a population of 538,389). That puts Sacramento Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 73% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Sacramento #3,537 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #347 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
Sacramento, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 719.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,537 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #347 of 371
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 538,389
- Reporting agency
- Sacramento Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sacramento Police Department (FBI ORI CA0340400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sacramento, CA
Also known as
- New Helvetia
History
Capital of State of California and County Seat of Sacramento County. A Spanish word meaning."sacrament."
Location
Bound on the north and east by the American River and on the west by the Sacramento River, 22.4 km (14 mi) east of the community of Davis. (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. Sacramento (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sacramento 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 | 683.4(3,547) | 906.8(4,776) | 805.2(4,261) | 757.6(3,990) | 719.4(3,873) |
| Murder | 8.1(42) | 10.3(54) | 7.6(40) | 8.5(45) | 7.8(42) |
| Rape | 24.1(125) | 36.5(192) | 34.2(181) | 35.1(185) | 27.5(148) |
| Robbery | 169.3(879) | 236.4(1,245) | 225.6(1,194) | 192.3(1,013) | 164.8(887) |
| Aggravated assault | 481.8(2,501) | 623.7(3,285) | 537.8(2,846) | 521.6(2,747) | 519.3(2,796) |
| Property crime | 2795.1(14,508) | 3252.3(17,129) | 2978.2(15,760) | 2615.1(13,773) | 2287.8(12,317) |
| Burglary | 546.0(2,834) | 530.7(2,795) | 524.4(2,775) | 447.0(2,354) | 400.5(2,156) |
| Larceny | 1715.2(8,903) | 1999.2(10,529) | 1725.1(9,129) | 1626.4(8,566) | 1446.2(7,786) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 483.8(2,511) | 683.7(3,601) | 702.8(3,719) | 512.3(2,698) | 416.4(2,242) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sacramento, 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento calculated?
- Sacramento'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 Sacramento 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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