West Sacramento, CA has a C safety grade (59/100) with a violent crime rate of 294 per 100,000, 17% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
West Sacramento, CA Crime Rate & Safety
At 56,536 residents, West Sacramento is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against CA and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
West Sacramento, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Sacramento, CA shows violent crime at 293.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,369 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% below 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
293.6/100K violent
1369/100K property
-17% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Sacramento, CA
Comparable rate records
West Sacramento's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Sacramento's 293.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Rancho Cucamonga (293.7), Vacaville (293.2), Morro Bay (294.3), Marina (291.0). 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 lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 390.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 293.6 in 2024 (-24.8%). The highest observed value was 390.2 in 2020 and the lowest 219.2 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
West Sacramento sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 293.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Sacramento ranks 259 of 458 — above 199 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -11.9% 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 counts dominate West Sacramento'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
West Sacramento's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 21.5 Census sq mi, West Sacramento logged 36.1 property and 7.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Sacramento leans on larceny-theft at 52% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,331.
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (21.5 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
+33.9%
219.2 → 293.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+10.1%
1243.5 → 1369/100K
Property offenses lead West Sacramento's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
774
1369
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
490
866.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
157
277.7
-
Burglary
127
224.6
-
Arson
7
12.4
-
Violent Crime
166
293.6
476.8
Aggravated Assault
106
187.5
-
Robbery
45
79.6
-
Rape
13
23
-
Murder
2
3.5
-
West Sacramento 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.
West Sacramento 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
West Sacramento Police Department
Reporting agency for West Sacramento NIBRS-participating
West Sacramento Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Sacramento's 940 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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West Sacramento at 293.6/100K violent and 1,369/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Sacramento reported 166 violent crimes and 774 property crimes, for a total of 940 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Sacramento?
From 2023 to 2024, West Sacramento's violent crime rate increased by 33.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 10.1%.
What is the most common crime in West Sacramento?
The most common crime type in West Sacramento is larceny-theft, accounting for 52.1% of all reported crimes (490 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: West Sacramento's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 West Sacramento, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.