Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Rosa, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Rosa 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Rosa, CA was 289.7 per 100,000 residents (514 incidents over a population of 177,414). That puts Santa Rosa Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 30% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Santa Rosa #2,600 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 31% of them, and #175 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Santa Rosa, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 289.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,600 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #175 of 371
- Safer than
- 31% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 177,414
- Reporting agency
- Santa Rosa Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santa Rosa Police Department (FBI ORI CA0490500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Santa Rosa, CA
Also known as
- Franklin Town
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. Santa Rosa (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Rosa 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 | 516.0(913) | 342.6(603) | 335.9(594) | 350.0(613) | 289.7(514) |
| Murder | 2.3(4) | 5.7(10) | 5.7(10) | 1.1(2) | 6.2(11) |
| Rape | 62.2(110) | 77.3(136) | 68.4(121) | 70.8(124) | 63.1(112) |
| Robbery | 76.3(135) | 55.7(98) | 64.5(114) | 66.8(117) | 56.4(100) |
| Aggravated assault | 375.3(664) | 204.0(359) | 197.3(349) | 211.3(370) | 164.0(291) |
| Property crime | 1618.1(2,863) | 1399.4(2,463) | 1494.4(2,643) | 1353.7(2,371) | 1405.8(2,494) |
| Burglary | 306.3(542) | 256.3(451) | 259.5(459) | 238.1(417) | 212.5(377) |
| Larceny | 1059.7(1,875) | 897.7(1,580) | 1013.3(1,792) | 930.6(1,630) | 1040.5(1,846) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 237.9(421) | 225.0(396) | 209.2(370) | 170.1(298) | 141.5(251) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa calculated?
- Santa Rosa'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 Santa Rosa 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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