Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salinas, CA Crime Grade
How Salinas 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 Salinas, CA was 512.7 per 100,000 residents (821 incidents over a population of 160,138). That puts Salinas Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 23% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Salinas #3,299 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 13% of them, and #292 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Salinas, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 512.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,299 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #292 of 371
- Safer than
- 13% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 160,138
- Reporting agency
- Salinas Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Salinas Police Department (FBI ORI CA0270800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Salinas (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salinas 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 | 555.2(866) | 518.5(841) | 509.1(814) | 532.1(842) | 512.7(821) |
| Murder | 5.1(8) | 8.0(13) | 7.5(12) | 3.8(6) | 5.0(8) |
| Rape | 44.2(69) | 58.6(95) | 45.0(72) | 55.0(87) | 46.2(74) |
| Robbery | 149.4(233) | 150.4(244) | 152.6(244) | 143.5(227) | 153.6(246) |
| Aggravated assault | 356.4(556) | 301.5(489) | 303.9(486) | 329.9(522) | 307.9(493) |
| Property crime | 2256.0(3,519) | 1720.2(2,790) | 1492.8(2,387) | 1734.8(2,745) | 1476.9(2,365) |
| Burglary | 506.5(790) | 210.9(342) | 167.6(268) | 147.9(234) | 143.0(229) |
| Larceny | 1140.5(1,779) | 1071.6(1,738) | 992.5(1,587) | 1187.5(1,879) | 1005.4(1,610) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 584.7(912) | 412.5(669) | 319.6(511) | 371.6(588) | 310.4(497) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Salinas, 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 Salinas 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 Salinas calculated?
- Salinas'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 Salinas 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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