Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santee, CA Crime Grade
How Santee 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
2/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santee, CA was 157.8 per 100,000 residents (93 incidents over a population of 58,918). That puts Santee Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 62% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Santee #1,689 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 55% of them, and #62 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 39% year over year and down 40% over the last five years.
Santee, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- California Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 157.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,689 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #62 of 371
- Safer than
- 55% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 39%
- 5-year change
- down 40%
- Population
- 58,918
- Reporting agency
- Santee Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santee Police Department (FBI ORI CA037A200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Santee, CA
Also known as
- Cowles Station
- Cowlestown
- Cowles
- Fanita
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. Santee (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santee 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 261.2(152) | 259.5(154) | 293.5(172) | 257.8(153) | 157.8(93) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 15.5(9) | 18.5(11) | 5.1(3) | 10.1(6) | 8.5(5) |
| Robbery | 55.0(32) | 53.9(32) | 68.3(40) | 42.1(25) | 20.4(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 190.7(111) | 185.3(110) | 220.1(129) | 202.2(120) | 129.0(76) |
| Property crime | 960.5(559) | 923.3(548) | 960.7(563) | 591.4(351) | 465.1(274) |
| Burglary | 156.4(91) | 124.7(74) | 114.3(67) | 75.8(45) | 37.3(22) |
| Larceny | 663.3(386) | 657.1(390) | 699.6(410) | 382.5(227) | 332.7(196) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 127.2(74) | 123.0(73) | 141.6(83) | 121.3(72) | 91.7(54) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santee, 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 Santee 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 Santee calculated?
- Santee'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 Santee 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.
Nearby cities in California
Comparable California cities by population.
Compare Santee to other places
Want crime data for your application?
SpotCrime's Real-Time Crime Data API delivers incident-level data, not just aggregate grades. Used by family-safety apps, real-estate platforms, executive protection teams, and government agencies.