Shafter, 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, Shafter, CA shows violent crime at 279.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,364.6 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
279.1/100K violent
1364.6/100K property
-21% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Shafter, CA
Comparable rate records
Shafter's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Shafter's 279.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Walnut Creek (280.5), Martinez (276.8), Garden Grove (276.6), San Dimas (282.6). 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 230.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 279.1 in 2024 (+21.0%). The highest observed value was 389.6 in 2022 and the lowest 230.8 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
Shafter sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 279.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Shafter ranks 273 of 458 — above 185 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -16.2% 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 59.1% of reported property offenses in Shafter, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (26) and motor vehicle theft (100). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Shafter'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.
Shafter's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 38.7 Census sq mi, Shafter logged 8 property and 1.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Shafter leans on larceny-theft at 49% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,370.
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (38.7 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
-39%
2237.1 → 1364.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-11.2%
314.4 → 279.1/100K
Property offenses lead Shafter's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
308
1364.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
182
806.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
100
443.1
-
Burglary
26
115.2
-
Arson
6
26.6
-
Violent Crime
63
279.1
476.8
Aggravated Assault
49
217.1
-
Rape
12
53.2
-
Robbery
2
8.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Shafter 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.
Shafter 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
Shafter Police Department
Reporting agency for Shafter NIBRS-participating
Shafter Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Shafter's 371 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
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Shafter at 279.1/100K violent and 1,364.6/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Shafter reported 63 violent crimes and 308 property crimes, for a total of 371 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Shafter?
From 2023 to 2024, Shafter's violent crime rate decreased by 11.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 39%.
What is the most common crime in Shafter?
The most common crime type in Shafter is larceny-theft, accounting for 49.1% of all reported crimes (182 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Shafter 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 Shafter, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.