Hollister, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 5% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hollister, CA shows violent crime at 333.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 830.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% 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
333.1/100K violent
830.7/100K property
-5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hollister, CA
Comparable rate records
Hollister's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hollister's 333.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Kerman (328.5), El Centro (328.4), Perris (327.6), Santa Paula (326.7). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 28.6% of the 531 Part I offenses reported in Hollister for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 11.5 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 316.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 333.1 in 2024 (+5.4%). The highest observed value was 482.3 in 2021 and the lowest 316.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Hollister sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 333.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hollister ranks 229 of 458 — above 229 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +1.4% 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 Hollister'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.
Hollister's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8 Census sq mi, Hollister logged 47.6 property and 19.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hollister leans on larceny-theft at 53% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,519.
Violent offenses are 29% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8 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
+1.6%
328 → 333.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-1.2%
841 → 830.7/100K
Property offenses lead Hollister's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
379
830.7
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
282
618.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
72
157.8
-
Burglary
25
54.8
-
Arson
5
11
-
Violent Crime
152
333.1
476.8
Aggravated Assault
115
252
-
Rape
19
41.6
-
Robbery
17
37.3
-
Murder
1
2.2
-
Hollister Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hollister 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
Hollister Police Department
Reporting agency for Hollister NIBRS-participating
Hollister Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hollister's 531 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Hollister in population. Their populations run from 44,277 to 46,736, against 45,626 here. Or use our
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Hollister at 333.1/100K violent and 830.7/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Hollister reported 152 violent crimes and 379 property crimes, for a total of 531 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hollister?
From 2023 to 2024, Hollister's violent crime rate increased by 1.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 1.2%.
What is the most common crime in Hollister?
The most common crime type in Hollister is larceny-theft, accounting for 53.1% of all reported crimes (282 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hollister 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 Hollister, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.