What is the crime rate in Arcata, CA?

In 2025, the Arcata Police Department reported 71 violent crimes and 327 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 379 violent and 1,745 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,741 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: 379
Property per 100,000: 1,745
Violent crimes: 71
Property crimes: 327

Crime reported by the Arcata 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	111	601	366	1,982	18,464
2024	96	502	344	1,800	19,107
2025	71	379	327	1,745	18,741

Violent crimes reported went from 111 in 2023 to 71 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 366 in 2023 to 327 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.

Arcata against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Arcata	379	1,745
Humboldt County	373	1,259
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 Arcata, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Arcata	—	379	1,745
Eureka	6.1 mi	835	2,282
Fortuna	19 mi	183	1,356
Ferndale	22 mi	74	814
Rio Dell	25 mi	341	1,084
Crescent City	63 mi	944	3,628

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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