What is the crime rate in Sonoma, CA?

In 2025, the Sonoma Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 95 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 123 violent and 898 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,576 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: 123
Property per 100,000: 898
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 95

Crime reported by the Sonoma 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	16	155	109	1,054	10,342
2024	19	180	124	1,172	10,583
2025	13	123	95	898	10,576

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 13 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 109 in 2023 to 95 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.

Sonoma against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sonoma	123	898
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 Sonoma, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sonoma	—	123	898
Napa	8.6 mi	219	1,182
Yountville	8.8 mi	62	339
Petaluma	9.7 mi	228	1,202
American Canyon	13 mi	400	1,160
Rohnert Park	14 mi	251	1,049
Cotati	14 mi	136	1,210
Novato	15 mi	211	1,340
St. Helena	15 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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