What is the crime rate in Sacramento, CA?

In 2025, the Sacramento Police Department reported 3,877 violent crimes and 12,425 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 720 violent and 2,308 property crimes per 100,000 of the 538,389 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: 720
Property per 100,000: 2,308
Violent crimes: 3,877
Property crimes: 12,425

Crime reported by the Sacramento 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	4,264	806	15,769	2,980	529,172
2024	3,990	758	13,774	2,615	526,670
2025	3,877	720	12,425	2,308	538,389

Violent crimes reported went from 4,264 in 2023 to 3,877 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 15,769 in 2023 to 12,425 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.

Sacramento against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sacramento	720	2,308
Sacramento County	497	1,698
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 Sacramento, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sacramento	—	720	2,308
West Sacramento	4.4 mi	327	1,710
Elk Grove	11 mi	162	1,215
Rancho Cordova	13 mi	507	1,655
Citrus Heights	13 mi	378	1,950
Davis	15 mi	191	2,014

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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