Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
San Leandro, CA Crime Grade
How San Leandro 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
9/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in San Leandro, CA was 548.7 per 100,000 residents (462 incidents over a population of 84,200). That puts San Leandro Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 15% above the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks San Leandro #3,355 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 11% of them, and #307 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
San Leandro, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 548.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,355 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #307 of 371
- Safer than
- 11% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 84,200
- Reporting agency
- San Leandro Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by San Leandro Police Department (FBI ORI CA0011200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About San Leandro, CA
Also known as
- Cherry City of California
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 Leandro (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
San Leandro 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 | 502.8(454) | 517.7(462) | 577.1(499) | 674.1(572) | 548.7(462) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.8(7) | 4.6(4) | 7.1(6) | 4.8(4) |
| Rape | 19.9(18) | 24.7(22) | 15.0(13) | 23.6(20) | 19.0(16) |
| Robbery | 313.4(283) | 291.4(260) | 350.4(303) | 439.6(373) | 280.3(236) |
| Aggravated assault | 169.4(153) | 193.9(173) | 207.0(179) | 203.9(173) | 244.7(206) |
| Property crime | 4563.8(4,121) | 3839.1(3,426) | 4947.7(4,278) | 6000.8(5,092) | 3935.9(3,314) |
| Burglary | 415.3(375) | 426.9(381) | 555.1(480) | 594.0(504) | 574.8(484) |
| Larceny | 3257.0(2,941) | 2219.9(1,981) | 2890.2(2,499) | 3051.1(2,589) | 2134.2(1,797) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 873.8(789) | 1181.1(1,054) | 1474.6(1,275) | 2333.4(1,980) | 1213.8(1,022) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the San Leandro, 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 Leandro 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 Leandro calculated?
- San Leandro'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 Leandro 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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