Martinez, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 21% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Martinez, CA shows violent crime at 276.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,228.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 21% 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
276.8/100K violent
1228.8/100K property
-21% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Martinez, CA
Comparable rate records
Martinez's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Martinez's 276.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Garden Grove (276.6), Woodland (274.6), Patterson (274.6), Shafter (279.1). 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 197.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 276.8 in 2024 (+40.4%). The highest observed value was 301.4 in 2022 and the lowest 197.2 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
Martinez sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 276.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Martinez ranks 274 of 458 — above 184 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -16.9% 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 counts dominate Martinez'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.
Martinez's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.6 Census sq mi, Martinez logged 35.1 property and 7.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Martinez's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 544 offenses; mix index 4,077).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+23.3%
224.5 → 276.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.7%
1493.8 → 1228.8/100K
Property offenses lead Martinez's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
444
1228.8
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
327
905
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
90
249.1
-
Burglary
27
74.7
-
Arson
12
33.2
-
Violent Crime
100
276.8
476.8
Aggravated Assault
64
177.1
-
Robbery
21
58.1
-
Rape
15
41.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Martinez 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.
Martinez 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
Martinez Police Department
Reporting agency for Martinez NIBRS-participating
Martinez Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Martinez's 544 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 Martinez in population. Their populations run from 35,139 to 37,172, against 36,132 here. Or use our
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Martinez at 276.8/100K violent and 1,228.8/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Martinez reported 100 violent crimes and 444 property crimes, for a total of 544 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Martinez?
From 2023 to 2024, Martinez's violent crime rate increased by 23.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.7%.
What is the most common crime in Martinez?
The most common crime type in Martinez is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.1% of all reported crimes (327 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Martinez 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 Martinez, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.