What is the crime rate in Fontana, CA?

In 2025, the Fontana Police Department reported 539 violent crimes and 2,508 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 244 violent and 1,136 property crimes per 100,000 of the 220,837 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: 244
Property per 100,000: 1,136
Violent crimes: 539
Property crimes: 2,508

Crime reported by the Fontana 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	605	282	2,952	1,377	214,429
2024	593	273	2,668	1,226	217,605
2025	539	244	2,508	1,136	220,837

Violent crimes reported went from 605 in 2023 to 539 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,952 in 2023 to 2,508 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.

Fontana against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fontana	244	1,136
San Bernardino County	446	1,523
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 Fontana, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fontana	—	244	1,136
Rialto	4.2 mi	583	2,087
Rancho Cucamonga	6.1 mi	233	1,491
Jurupa Valley	7.4 mi	138	1,882
Colton	8.8 mi	344	1,876
Ontario	9.5 mi	244	1,597
Grand Terrace	10 mi	247	1,028
Upland	11 mi	333	1,507
Eastvale	12 mi	52	1,277

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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