Central Marin, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Central Marin, CA shows violent crime at 123.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,775.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
123.9/100K violent
1775.1/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Central Marin, CA
Position in the state cohort
Central Marin reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 123.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Central Marin ranks 402 of 458 — above 56 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -62.8% 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.
Comparable rate records
Central Marin's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Central Marin's 123.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Agoura Hills (124.8), Laguna Niguel (126.7), Walnut (127.3), Hidden Hills (120.0). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.5% of the 659 Part I offenses reported in Central Marin for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 10.6 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 86.2% of reported property offenses in Central Marin, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (47) and motor vehicle theft (38). 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 115.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 123.9 in 2024 (+7.2%). The highest observed value was 185.9 in 2023 and the lowest 115.6 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Central Marin'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.
Central Marin's 2024 municipal footprint
Central Marin's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (81% of 659 offenses; mix index 6,594).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); 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
-33.4%
185.9 → 123.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+17.3%
1512.9 → 1775.1/100K
Property offenses lead Central Marin's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
616
1775.1
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
531
1530.1
-
Burglary
47
135.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
109.5
-
Arson
6
17.3
-
Violent Crime
43
123.9
476.8
Aggravated Assault
22
63.4
-
Robbery
12
34.6
-
Rape
9
25.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Central Marin 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.
Central Marin 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
Central Marin Police Department
Reporting agency for Central Marin NIBRS-participating
Central Marin Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Central Marin's 659 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 Central Marin in population. Their populations run from 33,539 to 35,759, against 34,703 here. Or use our
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Central Marin at 123.9/100K violent and 1,775.1/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Central Marin reported 43 violent crimes and 616 property crimes, for a total of 659 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Central Marin?
From 2023 to 2024, Central Marin's violent crime rate decreased by 33.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 17.3%.
What is the most common crime in Central Marin?
The most common crime type in Central Marin is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.6% of all reported crimes (531 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Central Marin 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 Central Marin, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.