San Gabriel, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 48% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, San Gabriel, CA shows violent crime at 182.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,966.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 48% 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
182.9/100K violent
1966.5/100K property
-48% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for San Gabriel, CA
Comparable rate records
San Gabriel's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to San Gabriel's 182.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Menifee (182.8), San Clemente (183.2), Burlingame (183.2), Sutter Creek (182.5). 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 Gabriel reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 182.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, San Gabriel ranks 350 of 458 — above 108 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -45.1% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.5% of the 799 Part I offenses reported in San Gabriel for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 8.6 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 lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 187.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 182.9 in 2024 (-2.6%). The highest observed value was 187.8 in 2020 and the lowest 182.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate San Gabriel'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 Gabriel's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.1 Census sq mi, San Gabriel logged 176.4 property and 16.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
San Gabriel's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 799 offenses; mix index 4,231).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.1 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
-8.4%
2146.6 → 1966.5/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-2%
186.7 → 182.9/100K
Property offenses lead San Gabriel's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
731
1966.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
477
1283.2
-
Burglary
191
513.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
63
169.5
-
Arson
4
10.8
-
Violent Crime
68
182.9
352
Aggravated Assault
38
102.2
-
Robbery
25
67.3
-
Rape
4
10.8
-
Murder
1
2.7
-
San Gabriel Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021, 2022 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
San Gabriel property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
San Gabriel Police Department
Reporting agency for San Gabriel NIBRS-participating
San Gabriel Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind San Gabriel's 799 reported offenses (3-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
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San Gabriel at 182.9/100K violent and 1,966.5/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, San Gabriel reported 68 violent crimes and 731 property crimes, for a total of 799 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in San Gabriel?
From 2023 to 2024, San Gabriel's violent crime rate decreased by 2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.4%.
What is the most common crime in San Gabriel?
The most common crime type in San Gabriel is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.7% of all reported crimes (477 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: San Gabriel 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 Gabriel, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.