Fowler, CA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 45% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fowler, CA shows violent crime at 509.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,233.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 45% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
509.5/100K violent
1233.6/100K property
+45% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fowler, CA
Comparable rate records
Fowler's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Fowler's 509.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Port Hueneme (510.3), Arcata (507.7), Stanton (512.0), Beverly Hills (512.2). 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 29.2% of the 130 Part I offenses reported in Fowler for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 12.1 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.
Position in the state cohort
Fowler sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 509.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fowler ranks 124 of 458 — above 334 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +55.1% 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 58.7% of reported property offenses in Fowler, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (25) and motor vehicle theft (13). 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 461.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 509.5 in 2024 (+10.3%). The highest observed value was 530.1 in 2023 and the lowest 461.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Fowler'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.
Fowler's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.6 Census sq mi, Fowler logged 34.9 property and 14.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Fowler leans on larceny-theft at 42% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,854.
Violent offenses are 29% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+13.4%
1087.4 → 1233.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-3.9%
530.1 → 509.5/100K
Property offenses lead Fowler's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
92
1233.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
54
724.1
-
Burglary
25
335.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
174.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
38
509.5
476.8
Aggravated Assault
33
442.5
-
Robbery
5
67
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Fowler 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.
Fowler 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
Fowler Police Department
Reporting agency for Fowler Summary Reporting (SRS)
Fowler Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Fowler's 130 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in California
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In 2024, Fowler reported 38 violent crimes and 92 property crimes, for a total of 130 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Fowler?
From 2023 to 2024, Fowler's violent crime rate decreased by 3.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 13.4%.
What is the most common crime in Fowler?
The most common crime type in Fowler is larceny-theft, accounting for 41.5% of all reported crimes (54 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Fowler 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 Fowler, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.