What is the crime rate in Hayward, CA?

In 2025, the Hayward Police Department reported 725 violent crimes and 4,218 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 461 violent and 2,680 property crimes per 100,000 of the 157,399 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: 461
Property per 100,000: 2,680
Violent crimes: 725
Property crimes: 4,218

Crime reported by the Hayward 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	1,036	673	6,146	3,993	153,914
2024	746	486	5,687	3,707	153,419
2025	725	461	4,218	2,680	157,399

Violent crimes reported went from 1,036 in 2023 to 725 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 6,146 in 2023 to 4,218 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.

Hayward against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hayward	461	2,680
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 Hayward, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hayward	—	461	2,680
Union City	4.9 mi	450	1,826
San Leandro	6.2 mi	506	2,939
Foster City	9.1 mi	68	775
Newark	9.3 mi	335	3,067
Redwood City	9.8 mi	368	1,467
Menlo Park	10 mi	185	1,548
East Palo Alto	11 mi	552	1,609
Alameda	12 mi	348	3,558

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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