What is the crime rate in Modesto, CA?

In 2025, the Modesto Police Department reported 1,298 violent crimes and 4,198 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 587 violent and 1,899 property crimes per 100,000 of the 221,064 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: 587
Property per 100,000: 1,899
Violent crimes: 1,298
Property crimes: 4,198

Crime reported by the Modesto 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	1,419	652	4,924	2,261	217,778
2024	1,460	667	5,492	2,508	218,990
2025	1,298	587	4,198	1,899	221,064

Violent crimes reported went from 1,419 in 2023 to 1,298 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,924 in 2023 to 4,198 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.

Modesto against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Modesto	587	1,899
Stanislaus County	422	1,372
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 Modesto, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Modesto	—	587	1,899
Ceres	3.3 mi	374	1,518
Riverbank	6.9 mi	116	1,485
Hughson	7.9 mi	87	425
Ripon	10 mi	154	632
Escalon	11 mi	161	792
Turlock	12 mi	357	1,312
Oakdale	12 mi	414	819
Waterford	14 mi	172	570

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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