Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Visalia, CA Crime Grade
How Visalia 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
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Visalia, CA was 413.1 per 100,000 residents (609 incidents over a population of 147,414). That puts Visalia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 1% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Visalia #3,068 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #256 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 1% over the last five years.
Visalia, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 413.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,068 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #256 of 371
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 1%
- Population
- 147,414
- Reporting agency
- Visalia Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Visalia Police Department (FBI ORI CA0540700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Visalia, CA
Also known as
- Vicealia
- Buena Vista
- Visaija
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. Visalia (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Visalia 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 | 408.9(555) | 496.1(715) | 457.1(663) | 444.2(649) | 413.1(609) |
| Murder | 5.9(8) | 6.2(9) | 11.0(16) | 4.8(7) | 4.1(6) |
| Rape | 78.1(106) | 52.0(75) | 64.8(94) | 69.8(102) | 72.6(107) |
| Robbery | 104.6(142) | 90.2(130) | 88.3(128) | 95.1(139) | 68.5(101) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.3(299) | 347.6(501) | 293.0(425) | 274.5(401) | 268.0(395) |
| Property crime | 2286.8(3,104) | 2472.6(3,564) | 2456.7(3,563) | 2167.8(3,167) | 1761.7(2,597) |
| Burglary | 449.4(610) | 273.4(394) | 315.8(458) | 267.6(391) | 204.2(301) |
| Larceny | 1509.6(2,049) | 1682.4(2,425) | 1641.0(2,380) | 1527.1(2,231) | 1326.2(1,955) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 308.0(418) | 423.9(611) | 453.7(658) | 352.5(515) | 215.7(318) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Visalia, 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 Visalia 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 Visalia calculated?
- Visalia'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 Visalia 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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