County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Sacramento County, CA
At 1,585,055 residents, Sacramento County is a very large county in California. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Sacramento County, CA reported 178 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Sacramento County, CA agencies reported 2,825 violent and 8,631 property offenses. That equals about 178 violent and 545 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
2,825 violent offenses
178/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Sacramento County, CA
Position in the state cohort
Sacramento County sits mid-pack among comparable California counties
At 178.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Sacramento County ranks 18 of 56 — above 38 of the 55 other California counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +53.1% against the cohort median of 116.4. Counties 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 24.7% of the 11,456 Part I offenses reported in Sacramento County for 2024, against a median of 29.6% across comparable California counties — a gap of 4.9 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 162.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 178.2 in 2024 (+9.5%). The highest observed value was 178.2 in 2024 and the lowest 162.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
8,631
Burglary
2,869
Larceny-Theft
5,666
Motor Vehicle Theft
96
Arson
48
Violent Crime
2,825
Murder
28
Rape
184
Robbery
629
Aggravated Assault
1,984
Reporting Agency
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Sacramento County's crime figures on this page originate from Sacramento County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in California
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.