Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wasco, CA Crime Grade
How Wasco 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wasco, CA was 332.9 per 100,000 residents (93 incidents over a population of 27,937). That puts Wasco Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 20% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Wasco #2,774 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #200 of 371 in California.
Wasco, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 332.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,774 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #200 of 371
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Population
- 27,937
- Reporting agency
- Wasco Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wasco Police Department (FBI ORI CA0151000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wasco, CA
Also known as
- Dewey
- Deweyville
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. Wasco (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wasco 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 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 332.9(93) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.1(7) |
| Robbery | 57.3(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 250.6(70) |
| Property crime | 987.9(276) |
| Burglary | 78.7(22) |
| Larceny | 587.0(164) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 322.2(90) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wasco, 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 Wasco 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 Wasco calculated?
- Wasco'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 Wasco 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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