What is the crime rate in Salinas, CA?

In 2025, the Salinas Police Department reported 829 violent crimes and 2,386 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 518 violent and 1,490 property crimes per 100,000 of the 160,138 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: 518
Property per 100,000: 1,490
Violent crimes: 829
Property crimes: 2,386

Crime reported by the Salinas 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	820	513	2,392	1,496	159,896
2024	841	531	2,747	1,736	158,233
2025	829	518	2,386	1,490	160,138

Violent crimes reported went from 820 in 2023 to 829 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,392 in 2023 to 2,386 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.

Salinas against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Salinas	518	1,490
Monterey County	424	1,143
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 Salinas, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Salinas	—	518	1,490
Marina	8.6 mi	353	1,275
Seaside	11 mi	540	702
Del Rey Oaks	13 mi	194	1,423
Monterey	15 mi	348	1,365
Gonzales	17 mi	310	394
Pacific Grove	17 mi	108	771
Hollister	17 mi	281	506
Watsonville	18 mi	415	993

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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