Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Clara, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Clara 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
3/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Clara, CA was 170.5 per 100,000 residents (229 incidents over a population of 134,290). That puts Santa Clara Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 59% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Santa Clara (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Clara 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 | 156.1(206) | 316.1(401) | 212.7(269) | 188.0(248) | 170.5(229) |
| Murder | 0.8(1) | 1.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 2.3(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.6(39) | 31.5(40) | 19.0(24) | 23.5(31) | 25.3(34) |
| Robbery | 64.4(85) | 67.8(86) | 70.4(89) | 58.4(77) | 46.9(63) |
| Aggravated assault | 61.4(81) | 215.2(273) | 123.4(156) | 103.9(137) | 98.3(132) |
| Property crime | 2512.6(3,316) | 3636.6(4,614) | 2957.6(3,740) | 2523.1(3,328) | 2581.0(3,466) |
| Burglary | 327.3(432) | 511.5(649) | 399.4(505) | 339.6(448) | 315.7(424) |
| Larceny | 1753.3(2,314) | 2693.9(3,418) | 2072.7(2,621) | 1780.9(2,349) | 1971.9(2,648) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 420.5(555) | 413.8(525) | 473.7(599) | 392.7(518) | 285.9(384) |
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: Santa Clara'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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