Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
San Bernardino, CA Crime Grade
How San Bernardino 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 2024, the violent crime rate in San Bernardino, CA was 897.1 per 100,000 residents (2,012 incidents over a population of 224,283). That puts San Bernardino Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 87% above the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks San Bernardino #3,649 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #361 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
San Bernardino, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 897.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,649 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #361 of 371
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 224,283
- Reporting agency
- San Bernardino Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by San Bernardino Police Department (FBI ORI CA0361000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About San Bernardino, CA
Also known as
- Kaampu`u
Location
Largest city in the largest county in California, bound on the north and east by the San Bernardino Mountains, on the southeast by the community of Redlands, on the southwest by Riverside, and on the west by Rialto. (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. San Bernardino (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
San Bernardino 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1318.8(2,858) | 1401.8(3,033) | 1185.9(2,640) | 1071.2(2,351) | 897.1(2,012) |
| Murder | 21.2(46) | 31.4(68) | 32.3(72) | 16.4(36) | 11.1(25) |
| Rape | 64.6(140) | 61.9(134) | 50.3(112) | 52.9(116) | 49.9(112) |
| Robbery | 418.1(906) | 337.4(730) | 303.2(675) | 303.9(667) | 241.2(541) |
| Aggravated assault | 814.9(1,766) | 971.0(2,101) | 800.0(1,781) | 698.0(1,532) | 594.8(1,334) |
| Property crime | 4224.9(9,156) | 2845.7(6,157) | 2995.6(6,669) | 3251.7(7,137) | 2920.9(6,551) |
| Burglary | 936.3(2,029) | 555.1(1,201) | 558.8(1,244) | 557.7(1,224) | 455.2(1,021) |
| Larceny | 2295.2(4,974) | 1455.4(3,149) | 1620.7(3,608) | 1879.4(4,125) | 1677.3(3,762) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 958.9(2,078) | 789.9(1,709) | 775.3(1,726) | 785.9(1,725) | 765.1(1,716) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the San Bernardino, 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 San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino calculated?
- San Bernardino'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 San Bernardino 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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