Patterson, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 22% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Patterson, CA shows violent crime at 274.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 957.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 22% 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
274.6/100K violent
957.2/100K property
-22% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Patterson, CA
Comparable rate records
Patterson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Patterson's 274.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Woodland (274.6), Monterey Park (274.1), Garden Grove (276.6), Moreno Valley (272.5). 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 215.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 274.6 in 2024 (+27.5%). The highest observed value was 276.7 in 2023 and the lowest 180.4 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Patterson sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 274.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Patterson ranks 277 of 458 — above 181 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -17.6% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.3% of the 314 Part I offenses reported in Patterson for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 5.2 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 58.2% of reported property offenses in Patterson, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (46) and motor vehicle theft (56). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Patterson'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.
Patterson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, Patterson logged 31.3 property and 9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Patterson leans on larceny-theft at 45% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,857.
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-23.6%
1253.4 → 957.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-0.8%
276.7 → 274.6/100K
Property offenses lead Patterson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
244
957.2
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
142
557.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
56
219.7
-
Burglary
46
180.5
-
Arson
1
3.9
-
Violent Crime
70
274.6
476.8
Aggravated Assault
50
196.1
-
Robbery
15
58.8
-
Rape
5
19.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Patterson 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.
Patterson 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
Patterson Police Department
Reporting agency for Patterson Summary Reporting (SRS)
Patterson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Patterson's 314 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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Patterson at 274.6/100K violent and 957.2/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Patterson reported 70 violent crimes and 244 property crimes, for a total of 314 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Patterson?
From 2023 to 2024, Patterson's violent crime rate decreased by 0.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.6%.
What is the most common crime in Patterson?
The most common crime type in Patterson is larceny-theft, accounting for 45.2% of all reported crimes (142 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Patterson 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 Patterson, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.