What is the crime rate in Merced, CA?

In 2025, the Merced Police Department reported 689 violent crimes and 2,471 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 700 violent and 2,509 property crimes per 100,000 of the 98,482 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: 700
Property per 100,000: 2,509
Violent crimes: 689
Property crimes: 2,471

Crime reported by the Merced 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	786	835	2,617	2,780	94,125
2024	761	792	2,776	2,889	96,077
2025	689	700	2,471	2,509	98,482

Violent crimes reported went from 786 in 2023 to 689 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,617 in 2023 to 2,471 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.

Merced against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Merced	700	2,509
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 Merced, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Merced	—	700	2,509
Atwater	7.4 mi	575	2,066
Livingston	15 mi	335	1,516
Chowchilla	18 mi	374	691
Dos Palos	24 mi	469	1,391
Turlock	25 mi	357	1,312
Los Banos	26 mi	253	1,470
Waterford	28 mi	172	570
Gustine	29 mi	195	505

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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