McFarland, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 20% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, McFarland, CA shows violent crime at 421.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 778.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 20% above 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
421.2/100K violent
778.1/100K property
+20% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for McFarland, CA
Comparable rate records
McFarland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to McFarland's 421.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Carson (420.0), Sebastopol (422.6), El Monte (423.2), Yuba City (423.8). 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 35.1% of the 168 Part I offenses reported in McFarland for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 18.0 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 55.0% of reported property offenses in McFarland, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (8) and motor vehicle theft (41). 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 359.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 421.2 in 2024 (+17.2%). The highest observed value was 570.1 in 2023 and the lowest 359.4 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
McFarland sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 421.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, McFarland ranks 175 of 458 — above 283 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +28.2% 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 McFarland'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.
McFarland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.3 Census sq mi, McFarland logged 17.2 property and 9.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
McFarland leans on larceny-theft at 36% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,731.
Violent offenses are 35% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a mid-size city.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.3 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
-33.4%
1168.7 → 778.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-26.1%
570.1 → 421.2/100K
Property offenses lead McFarland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
109
778.1
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
60
428.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
292.7
-
Burglary
8
57.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
59
421.2
476.8
Aggravated Assault
48
342.7
-
Rape
7
50
-
Robbery
3
21.4
-
Murder
1
7.1
-
McFarland 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.
McFarland 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
McFarland Police Department
Reporting agency for McFarland NIBRS-participating
McFarland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind McFarland's 168 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 McFarland in population. Their populations run from 13,418 to 14,377, against 14,008 here. Or use our
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McFarland at 421.2/100K violent and 778.1/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, McFarland reported 59 violent crimes and 109 property crimes, for a total of 168 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in McFarland?
From 2023 to 2024, McFarland's violent crime rate decreased by 26.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.4%.
What is the most common crime in McFarland?
The most common crime type in McFarland is larceny-theft, accounting for 35.7% of all reported crimes (60 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: McFarland 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 McFarland, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.