What is the crime rate in Los Banos, CA?

In 2025, the Los Banos Police Department reported 125 violent crimes and 727 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 253 violent and 1,470 property crimes per 100,000 of the 49,457 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: 253
Property per 100,000: 1,470
Violent crimes: 125
Property crimes: 727

Crime reported by the Los Banos 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	106	222	776	1,625	47,745
2024	108	218	916	1,849	49,549
2025	125	253	727	1,470	49,457

Violent crimes reported went from 106 in 2023 to 125 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 776 in 2023 to 727 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.

Los Banos against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Los Banos	253	1,470
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 Los Banos, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Los Banos	—	253	1,470
Dos Palos	13 mi	469	1,391
Gustine	16 mi	195	505
Newman	20 mi	155	399
Livingston	23 mi	335	1,516
Atwater	24 mi	575	2,066
Merced	26 mi	700	2,509
Turlock	31 mi	357	1,312
Mendota	33 mi	823	903

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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