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.
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
- 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: Sacramento'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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