Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
San Marino, CA Crime Grade
How San Marino 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
1/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in San Marino, CA was 58.3 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 12,015). That puts San Marino 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 86% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks San Marino #611 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 84% of them, and #10 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 72% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
San Marino, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- California Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 58.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #611 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #10 of 371
- Safer than
- 84% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 72%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 12,015
- Reporting agency
- San Marino Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by San Marino Police Department (FBI ORI CA0196300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. San Marino (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
San Marino 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 | 92.0(12) | 83.2(10) | 50.7(6) | 33.9(4) | 58.3(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 8.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 15.3(2) | 25.0(3) | 25.4(3) | 0.0(0) | 25.0(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 69.0(9) | 58.3(7) | 16.9(2) | 33.9(4) | 33.3(4) |
| Property crime | 1832.5(239) | 1539.7(185) | 1657.4(196) | 1387.9(164) | 1806.1(217) |
| Burglary | 483.1(63) | 574.3(69) | 541.2(64) | 558.6(66) | 715.8(86) |
| Larceny | 1272.8(166) | 790.7(95) | 1014.7(120) | 753.2(89) | 1032.0(124) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 69.0(9) | 166.5(20) | 93.0(11) | 59.2(7) | 49.9(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the San Marino, 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 Marino 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 Marino calculated?
- San Marino'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 Marino 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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