Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Yuba City, CA Crime Grade
How Yuba City 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
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Yuba City, CA was 396.1 per 100,000 residents (273 incidents over a population of 68,919). That puts Yuba City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 5% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Yuba City #3,008 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #245 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and up 10% over the last five years.
Yuba City, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 396.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,008 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #245 of 371
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- up 10%
- Population
- 68,919
- Reporting agency
- Yuba City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Yuba City Police Department (FBI ORI CA0510200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Yuba City (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Yuba City 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 | 360.3(242) | 535.3(370) | 447.8(307) | 416.4(284) | 396.1(273) |
| Murder | 6.0(4) | 2.9(2) | 1.5(1) | 5.9(4) | 2.9(2) |
| Rape | 43.2(29) | 65.1(45) | 56.9(39) | 73.3(50) | 60.9(42) |
| Robbery | 104.2(70) | 91.1(63) | 106.5(73) | 74.8(51) | 79.8(55) |
| Aggravated assault | 207.0(139) | 376.1(260) | 283.0(194) | 262.5(179) | 252.5(174) |
| Property crime | 2772.3(1,862) | 2281.5(1,577) | 2030.6(1,392) | 1687.7(1,151) | 1481.4(1,021) |
| Burglary | 393.1(264) | 272.0(188) | 253.8(174) | 168.6(115) | 146.5(101) |
| Larceny | 1898.3(1,275) | 1644.9(1,137) | 1375.6(943) | 1243.4(848) | 1160.8(800) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 463.0(311) | 351.6(243) | 357.4(245) | 253.7(173) | 159.6(110) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Yuba City, 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 Yuba City 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 Yuba City calculated?
- Yuba City'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 Yuba City 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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