Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Thousand Oaks, CA Crime Grade
How Thousand Oaks 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
2/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Thousand Oaks, CA was 125.4 per 100,000 residents (155 incidents over a population of 123,592). That puts Thousand Oaks Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Thousand Oaks #1,377 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #47 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 22% year over year and up 109% over the last five years.
Thousand Oaks, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- California Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 125.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,377 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #47 of 371
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 22%
- 5-year change
- up 109%
- Population
- 123,592
- Reporting agency
- Thousand Oaks Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Thousand Oaks Police Department (FBI ORI CA0560700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Thousand Oaks (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Thousand Oaks 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 | 59.9(76) | 57.7(72) | 108.9(134) | 103.0(126) | 125.4(155) |
| Murder | 0.8(1) | 0.8(1) | 4.1(5) | 2.5(3) | 1.6(2) |
| Rape | 16.6(21) | 7.2(9) | 4.9(6) | 8.2(10) | 10.5(13) |
| Robbery | 18.1(23) | 21.6(27) | 22.8(28) | 18.8(23) | 12.1(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 24.4(31) | 28.0(35) | 77.2(95) | 73.6(90) | 101.1(125) |
| Property crime | 1039.2(1,318) | 1107.6(1,383) | 1120.0(1,378) | 1027.3(1,257) | 984.7(1,217) |
| Burglary | 149.0(189) | 126.5(158) | 135.7(167) | 125.0(153) | 105.2(130) |
| Larceny | 809.8(1,027) | 895.4(1,118) | 929.8(1,144) | 842.6(1,031) | 824.5(1,019) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 78.1(99) | 84.1(105) | 51.2(63) | 56.4(69) | 52.6(65) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Thousand Oaks, 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 Thousand Oaks 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 Thousand Oaks calculated?
- Thousand Oaks'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 Thousand Oaks 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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