What is the crime rate in San Jose, CA?

In 2025, the San Jose Police Department reported 5,025 violent crimes and 23,902 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 505 violent and 2,404 property crimes per 100,000 of the 994,435 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: 505
Property per 100,000: 2,404
Violent crimes: 5,025
Property crimes: 23,902

Crime reported by the San Jose 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	6,045	635	24,436	2,565	952,530
2024	5,849	611	25,269	2,641	956,840
2025	5,025	505	23,902	2,404	994,435

Violent crimes reported went from 6,045 in 2023 to 5,025 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 24,436 in 2023 to 23,902 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.

San Jose against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
San Jose	505	2,404
Santa Clara County	357	2,219
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 San Jose, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
San Jose	—	505	2,404
Campbell	7.7 mi	354	2,486
Los Gatos	9.1 mi	97	1,279
Santa Clara	9.7 mi	172	2,594
Monte Sereno	10 mi	0	446
Milpitas	10 mi	237	2,858
Saratoga	12 mi	66	484
Cupertino	13 mi	70	1,452
Sunnyvale	13 mi	188	1,863

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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