San Fernando, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 3% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, San Fernando, CA shows violent crime at 362.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,179.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 3% 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
362.5/100K violent
2179.3/100K property
+3% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for San Fernando, CA
Comparable rate records
San Fernando's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to San Fernando's 362.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are La Habra (363.0), Ferndale (360.8), Paso Robles (364.3), Rio Dell (365.5). 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.
Position in the state cohort
San Fernando sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 362.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, San Fernando ranks 213 of 458 — above 245 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +10.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 352.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 362.5 in 2024 (+2.8%). The highest observed value was 395.7 in 2022 and the lowest 352.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate San Fernando'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.
San Fernando's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.4 Census sq mi, San Fernando logged 212.7 property and 35.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
San Fernando leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,857.
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.4 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
-4.1%
378 → 362.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+2.4%
2127.9 → 2179.3/100K
Property offenses lead San Fernando's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
505
2179.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
335
1445.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
129
556.7
-
Burglary
41
176.9
-
Arson
6
25.9
-
Violent Crime
84
362.5
352
Robbery
44
189.9
-
Aggravated Assault
36
155.4
-
Murder
2
8.6
-
Rape
2
8.6
-
San Fernando 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.
San Fernando property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
San Fernando Police Department
Reporting agency for San Fernando NIBRS-participating
San Fernando Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind San Fernando's 589 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 San Fernando in population. Their populations run from 22,115 to 24,079, against 23,173 here. Or use our
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San Fernando at 362.5/100K violent and 2,179.3/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, San Fernando reported 84 violent crimes and 505 property crimes, for a total of 589 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in San Fernando?
From 2023 to 2024, San Fernando's violent crime rate decreased by 4.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 2.4%.
What is the most common crime in San Fernando?
The most common crime type in San Fernando is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.9% of all reported crimes (335 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: San Fernando 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 San Fernando, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.