Belmont, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 53% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Belmont, CA shows violent crime at 164.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,283.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
164.8/100K violent
1283.6/100K property
-53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Belmont, CA
Comparable rate records
Belmont's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Belmont's 164.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Rocklin (164.8), San Juan Capistrano (164.6), Bear Valley (164.6), Santa Clarita (165.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Belmont reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 164.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Belmont ranks 372 of 458 — above 86 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -50.5% against the cohort median of 333.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.4% of the 378 Part I offenses reported in Belmont for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 5.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 82.1% of reported property offenses in Belmont, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (31) and motor vehicle theft (29). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 192.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 164.8 in 2024 (-14.3%). The highest observed value was 214.8 in 2023 and the lowest 90.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Belmont's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Belmont's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.6 Census sq mi, Belmont logged 72.4 property and 9.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Belmont's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 378 offenses; mix index 5,481).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-23.3%
214.8 → 164.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3%
1323.3 → 1283.6/100K
Property offenses lead Belmont's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
335
1283.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
275
1053.7
-
Burglary
31
118.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
111.1
-
Arson
1
3.8
-
Violent Crime
43
164.8
476.8
Aggravated Assault
28
107.3
-
Robbery
9
34.5
-
Rape
5
19.2
-
Murder
1
3.8
-
Belmont Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Belmont property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Belmont Police Department
Reporting agency for Belmont NIBRS-participating
Belmont Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Belmont's 378 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in California
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Belmont at 164.8/100K violent and 1,283.6/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Belmont reported 43 violent crimes and 335 property crimes, for a total of 378 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Belmont?
From 2023 to 2024, Belmont's violent crime rate decreased by 23.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3%.
What is the most common crime in Belmont?
The most common crime type in Belmont is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.8% of all reported crimes (275 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Belmont figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Belmont, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.