Calexico, CA carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 58% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Calexico, CA shows violent crime at 147 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 535.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 58% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
147/100K violent
535.3/100K property
-58% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Calexico, CA
Comparable rate records
Calexico's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Calexico's 147.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Los Gatos (147.7), Oakley (146.1), Westlake Village (147.9), Lake Forest (145.7). 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
Calexico reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 147.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Calexico ranks 383 of 458 — above 75 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -55.9% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 41.2% of reported property offenses in Calexico, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (19) and motor vehicle theft (101). 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 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 177.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 147.0 in 2024 (-17.3%). The highest observed value was 177.7 in 2020 and the lowest 107.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 21.5% of the 260 Part I offenses reported in Calexico for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 4.4 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 counts dominate Calexico'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.
Calexico's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.5 Census sq mi, Calexico logged 24.1 property and 6.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Calexico leans on motor vehicle theft at 39% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,885.
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+36.6%
107.6 → 147/100K
Property Crime Rate
-38.9%
876.5 → 535.3/100K
Property offenses lead Calexico's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
vs US avg
Property Crime
204
535.3
1985.9
1711
Motor Vehicle Theft
101
265.1
-
-
Larceny-Theft
84
220.4
-
-
Burglary
19
49.9
-
-
Arson
8
21
-
-
Violent Crime
56
147
476.8
352
Aggravated Assault
41
107.6
-
-
Robbery
11
28.9
-
-
Rape
4
10.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Calexico Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Calexico property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Calexico Police Department
Reporting agency for Calexico NIBRS-participating
Calexico Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Calexico's 260 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Calexico in population. Their populations run from 36,850 to 39,289, against 38,106 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Calexico reported 56 violent crimes and 204 property crimes, for a total of 260 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Calexico?
From 2023 to 2024, Calexico's violent crime rate increased by 36.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 38.9%.
What is the most common crime in Calexico?
The most common crime type in Calexico is motor vehicle theft, accounting for 38.8% of all reported crimes (101 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Calexico 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 Calexico, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.