Cloverdale, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 3% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cloverdale, CA shows violent crime at 342.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 764.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 3% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
342.3/100K violent
764.6/100K property
-3% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cloverdale, CA
Comparable rate records
Cloverdale's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Cloverdale's 342.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Santa Rosa (342.6), Loma Linda (341.5), Delano (343.8), Coronado (345.1). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 230.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 342.3 in 2024 (+48.2%). The highest observed value was 342.3 in 2024 and the lowest 201.5 in 2022. 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 30.9% of the 97 Part I offenses reported in Cloverdale for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 13.8 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 92.5% of reported property offenses in Cloverdale, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (1) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Cloverdale sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 342.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cloverdale ranks 227 of 458 — above 231 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +4.2% against the cohort median of 328.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Cloverdale'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Cloverdale's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.4 Census sq mi, Cloverdale logged 19.9 property and 8.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Cloverdale's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 97 offenses; mix index 4,782).
Violent offenses are 31% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.4 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
+29.8%
263.8 → 342.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.7%
929 → 764.6/100K
Property offenses lead Cloverdale's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
67
764.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
62
707.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
45.6
-
Burglary
1
11.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
342.3
476.8
Aggravated Assault
25
285.3
-
Robbery
3
34.2
-
Rape
2
22.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Cloverdale 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.
Cloverdale 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
Cloverdale Police Department
Reporting agency for Cloverdale NIBRS-participating
Cloverdale Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Cloverdale's 97 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
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In 2024, Cloverdale reported 30 violent crimes and 67 property crimes, for a total of 97 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Cloverdale?
From 2023 to 2024, Cloverdale's violent crime rate increased by 29.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.7%.
What is the most common crime in Cloverdale?
The most common crime type in Cloverdale is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.9% of all reported crimes (62 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Cloverdale is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Cloverdale, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.