Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Maria, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Maria 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Maria, CA was 620.2 per 100,000 residents (693 incidents over a population of 111,741). That puts Santa Maria Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Santa Maria (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Maria 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 | 771.2(834) | 660.2(723) | 620.0(684) | 665.1(732) | 620.2(693) |
| Murder | 1.8(2) | 7.3(8) | 5.4(6) | 3.6(4) | 4.5(5) |
| Rape | 74.9(81) | 77.6(85) | 59.8(66) | 71.8(79) | 60.9(68) |
| Robbery | 165.5(179) | 191.7(210) | 159.5(176) | 174.5(192) | 119.9(134) |
| Aggravated assault | 528.9(572) | 383.5(420) | 395.2(436) | 415.2(457) | 434.9(486) |
| Property crime | 2307.2(2,495) | 2819.6(3,088) | 2390.4(2,637) | 1960.8(2,158) | 1805.1(2,017) |
| Burglary | 303.3(328) | 360.7(395) | 396.1(437) | 314.4(346) | 272.1(304) |
| Larceny | 1030.1(1,114) | 1382.4(1,514) | 1303.5(1,438) | 1154.9(1,271) | 1132.1(1,265) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 952.5(1,030) | 1046.4(1,146) | 668.1(737) | 423.4(466) | 346.3(387) |
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 Maria'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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