What is the crime rate in Atwater, CA?

In 2025, the Atwater Police Department reported 186 violent crimes and 668 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 575 violent and 2,066 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,326 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: 575
Property per 100,000: 2,066
Violent crimes: 186
Property crimes: 668

Crime reported by the Atwater 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	197	605	808	2,480	32,583
2024	227	707	727	2,265	32,093
2025	186	575	668	2,066	32,326

Violent crimes reported went from 197 in 2023 to 186 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 808 in 2023 to 668 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.

Atwater against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Atwater	575	2,066
Merced County	478	1,838
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 Atwater, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Atwater	—	575	2,066
Merced	7.4 mi	700	2,509
Livingston	7.4 mi	335	1,516
Turlock	18 mi	357	1,312
Waterford	22 mi	172	570
Hughson	23 mi	87	425
Gustine	23 mi	195	505
Newman	23 mi	155	399
Los Banos	24 mi	253	1,470

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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