What is the crime rate in Sebastopol, CA?

In 2025, the Sebastopol Police Department reported 28 violent crimes and 93 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 381 violent and 1,264 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,356 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: 381
Property per 100,000: 1,264
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 93

Crime reported by the Sebastopol 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	26	359	130	1,794	7,248
2024	30	409	123	1,677	7,336
2025	28	381	93	1,264	7,356

Violent crimes reported went from 26 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 130 in 2023 to 93 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.

Sebastopol against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sebastopol	381	1,264
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 Sebastopol, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sebastopol	—	381	1,264
Santa Rosa	7.3 mi	294	1,444
Rohnert Park	7.8 mi	251	1,049
Cotati	8.1 mi	136	1,210
Windsor	9.9 mi	163	490
Petaluma	15 mi	228	1,202
Healdsburg	16 mi	295	795
Calistoga	18 mi	241	744
St. Helena	21 mi	38	594

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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