What is the crime rate in Petaluma, CA?

In 2025, the Petaluma Police Department reported 135 violent crimes and 713 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 228 violent and 1,202 property crimes per 100,000 of the 59,305 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: 228
Property per 100,000: 1,202
Violent crimes: 135
Property crimes: 713

Crime reported by the Petaluma 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	163	281	731	1,258	58,099
2024	160	274	701	1,198	58,493
2025	135	228	713	1,202	59,305

Violent crimes reported went from 163 in 2023 to 135 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 731 in 2023 to 713 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.

Petaluma against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Petaluma	228	1,202
Sonoma County	247	1,044
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 Petaluma, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Petaluma	—	228	1,202
Cotati	7.4 mi	136	1,210
Rohnert Park	8.3 mi	251	1,049
Sonoma	9.7 mi	123	898
Novato	12 mi	211	1,340
Santa Rosa	15 mi	294	1,444
Sebastopol	15 mi	381	1,264
Fairfax	18 mi	81	725
Yountville	18 mi	62	339

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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