What is the crime rate in Albany, CA?

In 2025, the Albany Police Department reported 35 violent crimes and 458 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 182 violent and 2,378 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,258 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 182
Property per 100,000: 2,378
Violent crimes: 35
Property crimes: 458

Crime reported by the Albany Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	37	195	548	2,881	19,022
2024	26	139	475	2,535	18,735
2025	35	182	458	2,378	19,258

Violent crimes reported went from 37 in 2023 to 35 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 548 in 2023 to 458 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Albany against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Albany	182	2,378
Alameda County	645	3,177
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Albany, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Albany	—	182	2,378
Berkeley	2.0 mi	639	4,113
Piedmont	6.7 mi	84	1,961
Tiburon	7.9 mi	56	788
Orinda	8.2 mi	77	796
Belvedere	8.4 mi	0	435
Sausalito	9.7 mi	57	1,735
Oakland	9.8 mi	1,475	5,255

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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