What is the crime rate in Redwood City, CA?

In 2025, the Redwood City Police Department reported 305 violent crimes and 1,214 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 368 violent and 1,467 property crimes per 100,000 of the 82,769 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: 368
Property per 100,000: 1,467
Violent crimes: 305
Property crimes: 1,214

Crime reported by the Redwood City 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	389	494	1,764	2,240	78,765
2024	381	476	1,325	1,655	80,060
2025	305	368	1,214	1,467	82,769

Violent crimes reported went from 389 in 2023 to 305 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,764 in 2023 to 1,214 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.

Redwood City against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Redwood City	368	1,467
San Mateo County	226	1,396
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 Redwood City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Redwood City	—	368	1,467
Foster City	4.0 mi	68	775
Atherton	4.1 mi	72	816
Menlo Park	4.4 mi	185	1,548
Belmont	4.4 mi	138	1,299
East Palo Alto	5.5 mi	552	1,609
San Mateo	6.2 mi	168	1,503
Hillsborough	8.4 mi	45	494
Palo Alto	9.1 mi	159	2,882

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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