Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sunnyvale, CA Crime Grade
How Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale, CA was 185.1 per 100,000 residents (291 incidents over a population of 157,191). That puts Sunnyvale Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Sunnyvale (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sunnyvale 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 | 148.6(229) | 221.2(329) | 253.9(386) | 246.5(372) | 185.1(291) |
| Murder | 1.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.7(1) | 0.7(1) | 0.6(1) |
| Rape | 20.8(32) | 32.3(48) | 32.9(50) | 27.8(42) | 22.3(35) |
| Robbery | 39.6(61) | 55.8(83) | 63.1(96) | 57.7(87) | 42.0(66) |
| Aggravated assault | 86.9(134) | 133.1(198) | 157.2(239) | 160.4(242) | 120.2(189) |
| Property crime | 2079.4(3,205) | 2480.9(3,690) | 1964.1(2,986) | 1947.7(2,939) | 1854.4(2,915) |
| Burglary | 334.8(516) | 418.9(623) | 330.9(503) | 306.8(463) | 266.6(419) |
| Larceny | 1476.6(2,276) | 1772.2(2,636) | 1347.1(2,048) | 1331.4(2,009) | 1360.8(2,139) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 250.4(386) | 269.6(401) | 271.0(412) | 287.0(433) | 210.6(331) |
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: Sunnyvale'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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