What is the crime rate in Atascadero, CA?

In 2025, the Atascadero Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 217 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 148 violent and 730 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,742 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: 148
Property per 100,000: 730
Violent crimes: 44
Property crimes: 217

Crime reported by the Atascadero 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	72	243	303	1,022	29,658
2024	57	192	295	994	29,685
2025	44	148	217	730	29,742

Violent crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 303 in 2023 to 217 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.

Atascadero against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Atascadero	148	730
San Luis Obispo County	280	959
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 Atascadero, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Atascadero	—	148	730
Morro Bay	13 mi	199	1,033
San Luis Obispo	15 mi	347	2,054
Pismo Beach	23 mi	314	1,770
Grover Beach	25 mi	216	664
Arroyo Grande	26 mi	126	571
Guadalupe	37 mi	147	620
Santa Maria	41 mi	626	1,813

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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